They gathered food and water for the colony.

Meaning: The ants collected things like food and water that the colony needed.

Choice of Words: Gathered means to collect or bring together. Food is something that people and animals eat to live and grow. Water is a liquid that people and animals need to drink to survive. Colony is a group of ants that live together.

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Related Expressions

• Worker ants gathered food for the colony.
• They gather food for the colony.
• Worker ants repair the colony and gather food.
• The busy ants carried food to their colony.
• The diligent ants carried food to their underground colony.
• Ants marched, carrying food to their colony.
• Leaf provides food for colony.
• Ants marched in line, carrying food to colony.
• Ants marched food to colony.
• Ants scurried busily, carrying food to their colony.