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Meanings of ant in English

Russian
ант
Spanish
silla ant
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ант
Portuguese
formiga
Catalan
formiga
Spanish
formicidae

Social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers.

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Examples for "the ant"
Examples for "the ant"
1
After striking the sand, the ant jumps completely out of the pit.
BBC
2
So the grasshoppers, having money, sought out and quickly purchased the ant.
Philosophy 4: A Story of Harvard University
3
What is true of the ant is specially true of our bacteria.
Fragments of Science: A Series of Detached Essays, Addresses, an...
4
It also aroused the ant-like efficiency of the Sinn Féin electoral machine.
The Irish Times
5
If the ant-hill is submerged, do not seek to enter it again.
Dick Sand: A Captain at Fifteen
Usage of ant in English
1
In ten years, a new ant species has infested half of Texas.
BBC
2
Several species of ant-thrushes always accompany the army ants in the forest.
The Naturalist in Nicaragua
3
And everyone who has tried has given up for ant of information.
The thirteenth tale: a novel
4
The ant paused a moment to record the instructions in his mind.
Martian V.F.W.
5
The main form of communication in an ant colony is by odor.
Dayworld Rebel
6
The Spider admitted that he had studied the ways of the ant.
In Search of the Okapi / A Story of Adventure in Central Africa
7
The ant-like rider dipped over the crest of it and was gone.
The Settling of the Sage
8
Underneath it he found-embeddedin clay-thedead body of a female ant.
Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things
9
Today everything was congestion, the scurrying of crowds; men had become ant-like.
Three Soldiers
10
Perhaps the company erred in hoping for a termite or an ant.
The mammoth book of the best of best new sf
11
Fire-ant nests were scattered everywhere; I was glad I'd worn functional shoes.
Good things I wish you
12
The ant rejoined the group and they continued on their merry way.
Martian V.F.W.
13
Such pussy-ant steps made for sure footing, but not for fast transit.
Cities in Flight
14
It's the annual battle that torments us all: the summer ant invasion.
The Irish Times
15
The ant spreads the alarm immediately, and then goes forth to investigate.
Children of Time
16
After striking the sand, the ant jumps completely out of the pit.
BBC
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Translations for ant
Russian
ант
Portuguese
formigaformigas
Catalan
formiga
Ant through the time
Ant across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common