pathfind

verb

Etymology

Back-formation from pathfinding, equivalent to path + find.

  1. inherited from *pent-✻
  2. inherited from *finþaną✻
  3. inherited from *finþan✻
  4. inherited from findan
  5. inherited from finden
  6. formed as pathfind — “path + find”

Definitions

  1. To find the best route between two points.

    • If the warden has a targetable entity, is not investigating any disturbances, and is otherwise idle, it pathfinds toward the closest entity, prioritizing players over mobs.
    • Has a sense of smell. It can detect and pathfind toward the general location of a player or mob through a "smelling" action.
    • If a villager cannot pathfind to its claimed site, both the site block and villager emit anger particles.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for pathfind. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA