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transhuming

transhuming is the present participle and gerund of transhume.

Meaning of transhume

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) To 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

Questions about transhuming

What is transhuming the present participle and gerund of?
Transhuming is the present participle and gerund of transhume.

Words near transhuming in the dictionary

  1. transhumants
  2. transhume
  3. transhumed
  4. transhumeral
  5. transhumes
  6. transhuming
  7. transhydrogenase
  8. transhydrogenases
  9. transhydrogenation
  10. transhydrogenations
  11. transialidase

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