How do you use Anting in a sentence? See 2 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Anting meaning
The practice of some birds of rubbing live ants or occasionally other items into the feathers, possibly as a means of controlling parasites.
Using Anting
- The main meaning on this page is: The practice of some birds of rubbing live ants or occasionally other items into the feathers, possibly as a means of controlling parasites.
Context around Anting
- Average sentence length in these examples: 29 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 0 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Anting
- In this selection, "anting" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 29 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, white, comment and yizheng stand out and add context to how "anting" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include lines in anting yizheng and and s white anting comment was. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "anting" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with anting
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Australia coach Justin Langer has encouraged Steve Smith and David Warner to keep giving their opinions to skipper Tim Paine, saying Ian Chappell’s “white-anting” comment was strange. (29 words)
Initial production began with three models, but today six models – Fabia, Rapid, Rapid Spaceback, Octavia, Yeti and Superb – roll off the SVW production lines in Anting, Yizheng and Ningbo. (29 words)
Australia coach Justin Langer has encouraged Steve Smith and David Warner to keep giving their opinions to skipper Tim Paine, saying Ian Chappell’s “white-anting” comment was strange. (29 words)
Initial production began with three models, but today six models – Fabia, Rapid, Rapid Spaceback, Octavia, Yeti and Superb – roll off the SVW production lines in Anting, Yizheng and Ningbo. (29 words)
Example sentences (2)
Australia coach Justin Langer has encouraged Steve Smith and David Warner to keep giving their opinions to skipper Tim Paine, saying Ian Chappell’s “white-anting” comment was strange.
Initial production began with three models, but today six models – Fabia, Rapid, Rapid Spaceback, Octavia, Yeti and Superb – roll off the SVW production lines in Anting, Yizheng and Ningbo.