migrate Definition

migrate
verb, intr migrated, migrating

1. Said of animals, especially birds: to travel from one region to another at certain times of the year.
2. Said of people: to leave one place and settle in another, especially another country, often regularly.

Derivative: migrator
noun

Derivative: migratory

Said eg of birds: that migrate or are accustomed to migrating.

Wandering; itinerant.
Thesaurus: wandering, nomadic, vagrant, roaming, itinerant; Antonym: permanent, settled.

Etymology: 17c: from Latin migrare to move from one place to another.