transhume

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verb

To migrate.

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Meanings

verbtranshume (third-person singular simple present transhumes, present participle transhuming, simple past and past participle transhumed)

present singular third person transhumes · participle present transhuming · participle past transhumed · past transhumed

  1. intransitiveTo migrate.

    Animals in good condition and not subjected to physical stress (such as having to transhume or walk far between pastures and waterpoints) usually suffer considerably less than animals on a poor nutritional level and having to expend much physical energy.

    1990, M. M. H. Sewell, D. W. Brocklesby, Handbook on Animal Diseases in the Tropics, page 46
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APA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “transhume,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transhume.

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