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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024win•ter /ˈwɪntɚ/USA pronunciation n. - the cold season between autumn and spring: [uncountable]to ski all winter.[countable]harsh winters.
- cold weather:[uncountable]a touch of winter in the air.
adj. - of or relating to winter:winter sports.
- Agriculture, Botanyplanted in the autumn to be harvested in the spring or summer:winter rye.
v. [no object] - to spend the winter:to winter in Florida.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024win•ter (win′tər),USA pronunciation n. - the cold season between autumn and spring in northern latitudes (in the Northern Hemisphere from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox;
in the Southern Hemisphere from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox). - the months of December, January, and February in the U.S., and of November, December, and January in Great Britain.
- cold weather:a touch of winter in northern Florida.
- the colder half of the year (opposed to summer).
- a whole year as represented by this season:a man of sixty winters.
- a period like winter, as the last or final period of life;
a period of decline, decay, inertia, dreariness, or adversity.
adj. - of, pertaining to, or characteristic of winter:a winter sunset.
- Botany(of fruit and vegetables) of a kind that may be kept for use during the winter.
- Agriculture, Botanyplanted in the autumn to be harvested in the spring or early summer:winter rye.
v.i. - to spend or pass the winter:to winter in Italy.
- to keep, feed, or manage during the winter, as plants or cattle:plants wintering indoors.
- bef. 900; (noun, nominal) Middle English, Old English; cognate with German Winter, Old Norse vetr, Gothic wintrus; (verb, verbal) Middle English, derivative of the noun, nominal; akin to wet, water
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: winter /ˈwɪntə/ n - (sometimes capital) the coldest season of the year, between autumn and spring, astronomically from the December solstice to the March equinox in the N hemisphere and at the opposite time of year in the S hemisphere
- (as modifier): winter pasture
- the period of cold weather associated with the winter
- a time of decline, decay, etc
- chiefly poetic a year represented by this season: a man of 72 winters
Related adjective(s): brumal, hibernal, hiemal
vb - (intransitive) to spend the winter in a specified place
- to keep or feed (farm animals, etc) during the winter or (of farm animals) to be kept or fed during the winter
Etymology: Old English; related to Old Saxon, Old High German wintar, Old Norse vetr, Gothic wintrusˈwinterer n ˈwinterish, ˈwinter-ˌlike adj ˈwinterless adj |