English-Thai Dictionary

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ANT

in old authors, is a contraction of an it, that is if it. [See An. ]

 

ANT

in our vulgar dialect, as in the phrases, I ant, you ant, he ant, we ant, etc. , is undoubtedly a contraction of the Danish er, ere, the substantive verb in the present tense of the Indicative Mode. These phrases are doubtless legitimate remains of the Gothic dialect.

 

ANT

n. An emmet; a pismire. Ants constitute a genus of insects of the hymenopteral order, of which the characteristics are; a small scale between the breast and belly, with a joint so deep that the animal appears as if almost cut in two. The females, and the neuter or working ants, which have no sexual characteristics, are furnished with a hidden sting; and both males and females have wings, but the neuters have none. These insects meet together in companies, and maintain a sort of republic. They raise hillocks of earth, in which they live. In these there are paths, leading to the repositories of their provisions. The large black ants, in the warm climates of America, to avoid the effects of great rains, build large nests on trees, of light earth, roundish and plastered smooth.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ANT

Ant, n. Etym: [OE. ante, amete, emete, AS. æmete akin to G. ameise. Cf. Emmet. ] (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: A hymenopterous insect of the Linnæan genus Formica, which is now made a family of several genera; an emmet; a pismire.

 

Note: Among ants, as among bees, there are neuter or working ants, besides the males and females; the former are without wings. Ants live together in swarms, usually raising hillocks of earth, variously chambered within, where they maintain a perfect system of order, store their provisions, and nurture their young. There are many species, with diverse habits, as agricultural ants, carpenter ants, honey ants, foraging ants, amazon ants, etc. The white ants or Termites belong to the Neuroptera. Ant bird (Zoöl.), one of a very extensive group of South American birds (Formicariidæ ), which live on ants. The family includes many species, some of which are called ant shrikes, ant thrushes, and ant wrens. -- Ant rice (Bot. ), a species of grass (Aristida oligantha )cultivated by the agricultural ants of Texas for the sake of its seed.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

ant

ant |ant ænt | ▶noun a small insect, often with a sting, that usually lives in a complex social colony with one or more breeding queens. It is wingless except for fertile adults, which often form large mating swarms, and is proverbial for industriousness. [Family Formicidae, order Hymenoptera: several subfamilies. ] PHRASES have ants in one's pants informal be fidgety or restless. ORIGIN Old English ǣmete; related to German Ameise. Compare with emmet .

 

Oxford Dictionary

ant

ant |ant | ▶noun a small insect typically having a sting and living in a complex social colony with one or more breeding queens. It is wingless except for fertile adults, which form large mating swarms, and is proverbial for its industriousness. ●Family Formicidae, order Hymenoptera: several subfamilies. PHRASES have ants in one's pants informal be fidgety or restless. ORIGIN Old English ǣmete of West Germanic origin; related to German Ameise. Compare with emmet .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

ant

ant noun emmet; archaic pismire. WORD LINKS formic relating to ants myrmecology the study of ants Word Links sections supply words that are related to the headword but do not normally appear in a thesaurus because they are not actual synonyms.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

ant

ant noun WORD LINKS ant formic, myrmeco- relating to ants myrmecology study of ants Word Links sections supply words that are related to the headword but do not normally appear in a thesaurus because they are not actual synonyms.

 

Sanseido Dictionary

ANT

ANT 〖 Antigua and Barbuda 〗アンチグア -バーブーダ 。IOC の国 地域コードの一 。

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

ant

ant /ænt / (! ｟米 ｠auntと同音 ) 名詞 複 ～s /-ts /C 〘虫 〙アリ . h à ve á nts in one's p á nts ｟くだけた話 俗 ｠(じっとしていられず )もぞもぞしている ; (不安で )いらいらしている .～́ b è ar (!〘動 〙) 1 オオアリクイ 〘中南米産 〙.2 ツチブタ 〘アフリカ産 〙.～́ h è ap ＝anthill .～́ l ì on 〘虫 〙ウスバカゲロウ ; アリジゴク 〘ウスバカゲロウの幼虫 〙.～́ (s' ) è gg アリの卵 〘実際はアリのさなぎ 〙.

 

ant

ant .antenna ; antonym .