n.
1.a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland
2.a group of animals of the same type living together
3.one of the 13 British colonies that formed the original states of the United States
4.a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country
5.(microbiology) a group of organisms grown from a single parent cell
Idiom of the Day
to and fro
from one place to another and then back again, back and forth
We went to and fro between the two items as we tried to decide what to buy.