1.
[syn: migrate, transmigrate]
2. move periodically or seasonally;
- Example: "birds migrate in the Winter"
- Example: "The workers migrate to where the crops need harvesting"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Migrate \Mi"grate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Migrated; p. pr. & vb.
n. Migrating.] [L. migratus, p. p. of migrare to migrate,
transfer.]
[1913 Webster]
1. To remove from one country or region to another, with a
view to residence; to change one's place of residence; to
remove; as, the Moors who migrated from Africa into Spain;
to migrate to the West.
[1913 Webster]
2. To pass periodically from one region or climate to another
for feeding or breeding; -- said of certain birds, fishes,
and quadrupeds.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
migrate
v 1: move from one country or region to another and settle
there; "Many Germans migrated to South America in the
mid-19th century"; "This tribe transmigrated many times
over the centuries" [syn: migrate, transmigrate]
2: move periodically or seasonally; "birds migrate in the
Winter"; "The workers migrate to where the crops need
harvesting"