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
rub off on (someone)
to transmit a characteristic of one person to someone else
The woman's habit of talking all the time has rubbed off on her daughter.
