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Definition ant

Etymology

From Middle English ampte, amte, emete, amete, from Old English ?mette (“ant”), from Proto-Germanic *?maitij? (“ant”, literally “biting-thing, cutter”), from Proto-Germanic *?- (“off, away”) + *maitan? (“to cut”), from Proto-Indo-European *mai- (“to cut”). Cognate with Scots emmot (“ant”), dialectal Dutch emt, empt (“ant”), German Ameise and Emse (“ant”). See also emmet.

Noun

ant (plural ants)

  1. Any of various insects in the family Formicidae in the order Hymenoptera, typically living in large colonies composed almost entirely of flightless females.
  2. (Internet) A Web spider.

Verb

ant (third-person singular simple present ants, present participle anting, simple past and past participle anted)

  1. (ornithology) To rub insects, especially ants, on one's body, perhaps to control parasites or clean feathers.

Results 154 Words with the letters ANT

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5 letter words with the letters ANT 
4 letter words with the letters ANT 
ANTA 5
ANTE 5
ANTI 5
ANTS 5
AUNT 6
CANT 8
ETNA 5
GNAT 7
HANT 7
NEAT 5
NOTA 5
PANT 8
RANT 5
TAIN 5
TANG 7
TANK 9
TANS 5
TARN 5
THAN 7
TUNA 6
WANT 8
3 letter words with the letters ANT 
ANT 4
TAN 4
2 letter words with the letters ANT 
AN 3
AT 2
NA 3
TA 2

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