Termite
noun
A small insect that eats wood and can damage buildings.
The wooden beams of the house were damaged by termites.
Often appears as...
- termite infestation
- termite damage
noun
A small insect that eats wood and can damage buildings.
The wooden beams of the house were damaged by termites.
Often appears as...
- termite infestation
- termite damage
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
The word 'termite' often implies destruction or hidden damage when used metaphorically.
The corruption was a termite eating away at the organization's foundations.
Pro Tip 2/3Common Collocations
Frequently paired words with 'termite' reflect the damage they cause or measures taken against them.
The old library had a serious termite problem.
Pro Tip 3/3Damage Context
'Termite' is usually used in contexts discussing structural harm to buildings or wood products.
Termite colonies can severely compromise the integrity of wooden structures.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
The word 'termite' often implies destruction or hidden damage when used metaphorically.
The corruption was a termite eating away at the organization's foundations.
Pro Tip 2/3Common Collocations
Frequently paired words with 'termite' reflect the damage they cause or measures taken against them.
The old library had a serious termite problem.
Pro Tip 3/3Damage Context
'Termite' is usually used in contexts discussing structural harm to buildings or wood products.
Termite colonies can severely compromise the integrity of wooden structures.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
The word 'termite' often implies destruction or hidden damage when used metaphorically.
The corruption was a termite eating away at the organization's foundations.
Pro Tip 2/3Common Collocations
Frequently paired words with 'termite' reflect the damage they cause or measures taken against them.
The old library had a serious termite problem.
Pro Tip 3/3Damage Context
'Termite' is usually used in contexts discussing structural harm to buildings or wood products.
Termite colonies can severely compromise the integrity of wooden structures.
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Video examples
Fatal Encounter with...
The baboon just went off a few hundred metres and sat behind the nearest termite mound. It's pretty grim, not the sort of thing you can show on any screen. The baboon slowly ate the baby alive as it bleated for its mother, and that's the image and memory I have. In the space of maybe 5 minutes I witness the full, gruesome circle of life.
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Feeding 39 Hungry Moon...
termites and grubs and that's exactly what our bears are doing in the enclosure but we supplement that with things like eggs as well I love their eggs we buy over 50 tons of food every year from the local market and this food is grown by the local communities so we're not only supporting bears but
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Coneheads, egg stacks...
This single determined termite is braving countless threats to participate in the only flight of her lifetime. She evades the onslaught of predators even as she lands, flips off her wings, secretes pheromones, and attracts a mate. The pair dash from the danger zone into a rotting tree stump.
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Defending the ant nest...
Deep in the bowels of the nest lives the termite queen. If she is killed, the entire colony will die out. She must be protected, so termites start to isolate her from the fighting by building a wall of mud mixed with saliva that will harden like concrete.
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Mark Pagel: How language...
sit behind bars in zoos, languishing. That's why we build space shuttles and cathedrals while the rest of the world sticks sticks into the ground to extract termites. All right, if this view of language and its value
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Termite Queen Lays...
you're attended by millions of sterile worker termites who live to feed you groom you and carry your eggs away when you lay them you aren't acting helpless because you think you need royal treatment you are
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Rediscovering ourselves...
arch collapses it is a powerful metaphor elephants termites bees are a keystone species now to get a grasp of the bigger picture it is important that you learn how to understand just a little differently
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See How Termites...
So, we must ask if an architect could design a self cooling building with termite inspired climate control, what other innovations can Mother Nature inspire if we just paid closer attention?
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5 Reasons Ants Are...
the ants penetrate deep into the nest and the residents intensify their warning first blood is to the termites
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Incredible Orangutan...
about this complex treetop world she must learn how to collect ants and termites
Video examples
Fatal Encounter with...
The baboon just went off a few hundred metres and sat behind the nearest termite mound. It's pretty grim, not the sort of thing you can show on any screen. The baboon slowly ate the baby alive as it bleated for its mother, and that's the image and memory I have. In the space of maybe 5 minutes I witness the full, gruesome circle of life.
Video examples
Feeding 39 Hungry Moon...
termites and grubs and that's exactly what our bears are doing in the enclosure but we supplement that with things like eggs as well I love their eggs we buy over 50 tons of food every year from the local market and this food is grown by the local communities so we're not only supporting bears but
Video examples
Coneheads, egg stacks...
This single determined termite is braving countless threats to participate in the only flight of her lifetime. She evades the onslaught of predators even as she lands, flips off her wings, secretes pheromones, and attracts a mate. The pair dash from the danger zone into a rotting tree stump.
Video examples
Defending the ant nest...
Deep in the bowels of the nest lives the termite queen. If she is killed, the entire colony will die out. She must be protected, so termites start to isolate her from the fighting by building a wall of mud mixed with saliva that will harden like concrete.
Video examples
Mark Pagel: How language...
sit behind bars in zoos, languishing. That's why we build space shuttles and cathedrals while the rest of the world sticks sticks into the ground to extract termites. All right, if this view of language and its value
Video examples
Termite Queen Lays...
you're attended by millions of sterile worker termites who live to feed you groom you and carry your eggs away when you lay them you aren't acting helpless because you think you need royal treatment you are
Video examples
Rediscovering ourselves...
arch collapses it is a powerful metaphor elephants termites bees are a keystone species now to get a grasp of the bigger picture it is important that you learn how to understand just a little differently
Video examples
See How Termites...
So, we must ask if an architect could design a self cooling building with termite inspired climate control, what other innovations can Mother Nature inspire if we just paid closer attention?
Video examples
5 Reasons Ants Are...
the ants penetrate deep into the nest and the residents intensify their warning first blood is to the termites
Video examples
Incredible Orangutan...
about this complex treetop world she must learn how to collect ants and termites
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Quote examples
Walter Kirn
American Novelist
Novelists who pretend to understand what keeps them scribbling are really just guessing. A profound, unmet childish need to be acknowledged? Maybe. It hardly matters, though. The termite that asks itself why it keeps chewing risks becoming sluggish and inefficient, as does the writer who grows self-conscious in the middle of chapter five.
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Mary Roach
American Author
In terms of sustainability and what we eat and what its footprint is on the environment and the consequences of eating one thing versus another, obviously it makes a lot of sense to be eating insects. They're incredibly plentiful. They've got a very short turnover rate. You could be eating termites.
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Allan Bloom
American Philosopher
Shakespeare's naturalness is attested to by the strange fact that he is the only classical author who remains popular. The critical termites are massed and eating away at the foundations, trying to topple him. Whether they will succeed will be a test of his robustness.
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Mary Roach
American Author
I have not eaten a lot of insects. I ate a termite in Africa, but it was on a bet. It was a soldier termite. It was alive, and I don't really recommend the live soldier termite as something you want to start with if you're going to start exploring eating insects.
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E. O. Wilson
American Scientist
But once the ants and termites jumped the high barrier that prevents the vast variety of evolving animal groups from becoming fully social, they dominated the world.
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Amit Shah
Indian Politician
The illegal immigrants are like termites. They are eating the grain that should go to the poor; they are taking our jobs.
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Amit Shah
Indian Politician
Millions of infiltrators have entered our country and are eating the country like termites. Should we not uproot them?
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Joseph B. Wirthlin
American Businessman
Remember this: debt is a form of bondage. It is a financial termite.
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Alice Hastings Bradley
American Author
I have personal problems like other people have termites.
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Henry Winkler
American Actor
Assumptions are the termites of relationships.
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Walter Kirn
American Novelist
Novelists who pretend to understand what keeps them scribbling are really just guessing. A profound, unmet childish need to be acknowledged? Maybe. It hardly matters, though. The termite that asks itself why it keeps chewing risks becoming sluggish and inefficient, as does the writer who grows self-conscious in the middle of chapter five.
Quote examples
Mary Roach
American Author
In terms of sustainability and what we eat and what its footprint is on the environment and the consequences of eating one thing versus another, obviously it makes a lot of sense to be eating insects. They're incredibly plentiful. They've got a very short turnover rate. You could be eating termites.
Quote examples
Allan Bloom
American Philosopher
Shakespeare's naturalness is attested to by the strange fact that he is the only classical author who remains popular. The critical termites are massed and eating away at the foundations, trying to topple him. Whether they will succeed will be a test of his robustness.
Quote examples
Mary Roach
American Author
I have not eaten a lot of insects. I ate a termite in Africa, but it was on a bet. It was a soldier termite. It was alive, and I don't really recommend the live soldier termite as something you want to start with if you're going to start exploring eating insects.
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E. O. Wilson
American Scientist
But once the ants and termites jumped the high barrier that prevents the vast variety of evolving animal groups from becoming fully social, they dominated the world.
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Amit Shah
Indian Politician
The illegal immigrants are like termites. They are eating the grain that should go to the poor; they are taking our jobs.
Quote examples
Amit Shah
Indian Politician
Millions of infiltrators have entered our country and are eating the country like termites. Should we not uproot them?
Quote examples
Joseph B. Wirthlin
American Businessman
Remember this: debt is a form of bondage. It is a financial termite.
Quote examples
Alice Hastings Bradley
American Author
I have personal problems like other people have termites.
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Henry Winkler
American Actor
Assumptions are the termites of relationships.
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