verb [V]
1 (of birds, animals, etc.) to move from one part of the world to another according to the season:
Swallows migrate south in winter.
2 (of a lot of people) to move from one town, country, etc. to go and live and/or work in another
SYNEMIGRATE:
Thousands were forced to migrate from rural to urban areas in search of work.
3 (technical) to move from one place to another:
The infected cells then migrate to other areas of the body.
