-ant /-ənt/

1. (1) forming adjectives denoting attribution of an action or condition, eg sonorant, pleasant
2. (2) forming nouns denoting the agent of an action, eg supressant, accountant

an't /änt/ (archaic or dialect) a contraction of are not, am not, has not, or /ant/ on it, and it (= if it).

ant /ant/

1. A small, hymenopterous, scavenging (or sometimes predacious) social insect (family Formicidae), of proverbial industry, living in organized colonies
2. Loosely, a termite

antˈing noun

The introduction by birds of live ants or other stimulants into their plumage, possibly as a pleasurable means of cleaning it and their skin

antˈbear noun

1. The great anteater, the largest species of anteaters, found in swampy regions in S America
2. The aardvark of S Africa

antˈbird noun

A S American ant thrush

ant cow noun

An aphis kept and tended by ants for its honeydew

antˈeater noun

1. Any one of a Central and S American family of edentates, adapted for feeding on ants and termites
2. A pangolin
3. An aardvark
4. An echidna

antˈ- or ants’ˈ-eggs plural noun

Pupae of ants

antˈ-hill noun

1. A hillock raised as a nest in wood, soil, etc by ants or by termites
2. Anything like an ant-hill in terms of crowdedness, bustle, etc (figurative)

antˈlion noun

A neuropterous insect (esp genus Myrmeleon) similar to a damselfly, whose larvae trap ants in a funnel-shaped sand-hole

ant'pitta noun

Any of several S American birds related to the ant thrushes

ant thrush noun

Any bird of the northern S American family Formicariidae which feeds on insects disturbed by travelling ants, or of the long-legged thrush-like Asian and Australian family Pittidae

have ants in one's pants (informal)

To be restless, impatient, needlessly hurrying

anti- /an-ti-, also (US) an-tī-/ or often before a vowel ant- /ant-/

1. Denoting: (1) acting against, counteracting, resisting, resistant to
2. (2) opposed to
3. (3) opposite or reverse

Some words formed with the prefix anti-; the numbers in brackets refer to the numbered senses in the entry for anti-

anti-aborˈtion (abortion) adj (2)

antibactērˈial (bacterial) adj (1)

antibilˈious (bilious) ad (1)

anticorrōˈsive (corrosive) adj (1)

antidīūretˈic (diuretic) adj n (1)

antifricˈtion (friction) adj (1)

anti-Gallˈican (Gallican) adj n (2)

anti-Gallˈicanism (Gallicanism) n (2)

anti-inflammˈatory (inflammatory) adj (1)

anti-inflāˈtionary (inflationary) adj (1)

antimalāˈrial (malarial) adj (1)

antimicrōˈbial (microbial) adj (1)

anti-modˈernist (modernist) adj n 1 2

antimonarchˈical (monarchical) adj (2)

antimonˈarchist (monarchist) n (2)

anti-naˈtional (national) adj (2)

antinoiseˈ (noise) adj (1)

antiperistalˈtic (peristaltic) adj (3)

anti-predˈator (predator) adj (1)

antiriˈot (riot) adj (1)

anti-rollˈ (roll) adj (1)

antirustˈ (rust) adj (1)

antishipˈ (ship) adj (1)

antiskidˈ (skid) adj (1)

antisubˈmarine (submarine) adj (1)

antispamˈ (spam) adj (1)

anti-tankˈ (tank) adj (1)

antiterrˈor (terror) adj (1)

antiterrˈorism (terrorism) n (1)

antiterrˈorist (terrorist) adj (1)

antitheftˈ (theft) adj (1)

antitrinitāˈrian adj n (2)

antitrinitāˈrianism n (2)

antivīˈral (viral) adj (1)

antivīˈrus (virus) adj (2)

antiwarˈ (war) adj (2)

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