migrates

Travels for winter

Migrates is the third-person singular of migrate.

To migrate is to move from one place to another, typically following a seasonal pattern or seeking better conditions.

Birds migrate south for winter; workers migrate to cities for jobs.

In computing, to migrate is to transfer data or systems from one platform to another: We migrated the database to the cloud.

animal

wildlife

Undomesticated natural organisms

  • habitatOrganism's natural environment
  • birdsEgg-laying flying vertebrates
  • caribouNorth American arctic deer

monarch · whales · salmon · herds · species · breeding · nesting · flyway · flock · swarm

human

relocate

Establish residence elsewhere

expatriate · exile · flee · repatriate · diaspora · settler · citizenship · border · homeland · economic

seasonal

spring

Recoiling metal spiral

  • autumnPost-summer cooling period
  • monsoonSeasonal tropical wind pattern
  • winterYear's coldest quarter

breeding · hibernation · vernal · equinox · solstice · phenology · cycle · annual · thaw · frost

movement

shift

Movement or work period

  • transitionChange from one state
  • driftGradual movement, no direction
  • flowUnbroken forward movement

spread · disperse · move · travel · journey · passage · traverse · route · path · corridor

digital

data

Facts for analysis

  • serverOne who attends tables
  • cloudAtmospheric water vapor mass
  • databaseOrganized digital information collection

platform · transfer · backup · storage · system · software · hosting · upgrade · port · legacy

Opposites
movement vs. staying

migratesstays

Remains in place

remains · settles · stays put · puts down roots · resides

seasonal/cyclical movement vs. permanence

migratesputs down roots

homesteads

arriving vs. departing

migratesreturns

Profits from investments

arrives · immigrates · comes back · repatriates

Phrases
Family

migrate, migration, immigration, migratory, emigrate, migrating, emigration, immigrate, migrated

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