Migrate

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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: {transmigrate}]
       2: move periodically or seasonally; "birds migrate in the
          Winter"; "The worker migrate to where the crops need
          harvesting"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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