Meaning

1 senses

  1. Of a chimpanzee: to catch termites by inserting a stick or vine into their nest and waiting for them to climb up it.

Examples

34 sentences

  1. Our house has a termite problem.

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  2. We had to fumigate our house to get rid of termites.

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  3. We have a termite problem that we need to do something about.

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  4. We have a termite problem that needs to be taken care of.

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  5. Termites eat wood.

    Терміти їдять деревину. — User55521

    ruТермиты едят дерево. — las

    deTermiten essen Holz. — Kuyo

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Forms

termites, termiting, termited, termited
Base formtermite · to termite
3rd person singulartermites
Present participletermiting
Past simpletermited
Past participletermited

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theytermite
he, she, ittermites

Past simpleLesson

all personstermited

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave termited
he, she, ithas termited

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill termite

Word family

11 related words
Derivedcathedral termitemeridian termitespinifex termitetermitariumtermite moundtermiticidecompass termitedampwood termitemagnetic termitetermite bugturmite

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
terminationterminatorterminologyterminusternterraterraceB2

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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