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sum·mer
I. \ˈsəmə(r)\ noun
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Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Middle English sumer, somer, from Old English sumor; akin to Old Saxon, Old High German, & Old Norse sumar summer, Old Irish sam, Welsh haf, Avestan ham- summer, Sanskrit samā year, half year, season
1.
a. : the season between spring and autumn reckoned astronomically as extending from the June solstice to the September equinox
b. : the season comprising the months of June, July, and August
c. Britain : the season comprising the part of the year extending from mid-May to Mid-August
d. : a period of warm weather or sunshine
< regions of everlasting summer >
< we have had no summer yet >
e. : the warmer half of the year — contrasted with winter
f. : the dry season in the tropics
g. : the season reckoned astronomically in the southern hemisphere as extending from the December solstice to the March equinox
2.
a. : one of the years of one's life especially when young or vigorous
< a girl of seventeen summers >
b. : early middle age : the period of maturing powers
< still in the summer of one's life >
3. : a character or condition suggestive of summer (as in warmth, brightness, or lushness)
II. verb
(summered ; summered ; summering \-m(ə)riŋ\ ; summers)
Etymology: Middle English someren, from sumer, somer, n.
intransitive verb
: to pass the summer
< summering or wintering at vacation resorts — Graenum Berger >
transitive verb
1. : to keep or carry through the summer : provide with pasture during the summer
< sheep and cattle are summered on the surrounding ranges in the mountains — American Guide Series: Oregon >
2. : to infuse with summer heat or brightness : make summery
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- summer and winter
III. noun
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Etymology: Middle English somer, summer packhorse, beam, from Middle French somier, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin sagmarius, from Late Latin sagma packsaddle + Latin -arius -ary — more at sumpter
: a large horizontal beam or stone variously supported and used especially in architecture and building: as
a. : the lintel of a door or window : breastsummer
b. : a stone forming the cap of a pier (as to support a lintel or arch)
c. : a principal floor timber (as a girder or lintel supporting other members) — called also summertree
d. : a horizontal longitudinal timber in a framing
IV. noun
(-s)
Etymology: sum (II) + -er
: one that sums |