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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (2)

1. move from one country or region to another and settle there;
- Example: "Many Germans migrated to South America in the mid-19th century"
- Example: "This tribe transmigrated many times over the centuries"
[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"
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

26 Moby Thesaurus words for "migrate": drift, emigrate, expatriate, flit, go, immigrate, in-migrate, intermigrate, move, nomadize, out-migrate, range, relocate, remigrate, resettle, roam, rove, run, settle, swarm, take wing, transmigrate, travel, trek, voyage, wander