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season /sēˈz(ə)n/ noun- One of the four natural divisions of the year, spring, summer, autumn and winter
- The usual, natural, legal, or appropriate time, or time of year (for anything)
- Any particular time
- A limited period
- A season ticket (informal)
- Seasoning (obsolete)
transitive verb- To add herbs, spices, etc to, to make savoury, to flavour
- To add interest or liveliness to
- To mature
- To temper, reduce somewhat
- To bring into suitable condition (eg wood by drying it out)
- To inure
- To preserve from decay (Shakespeare)
- To mature, confirm, imbue with the flavour of (Shakespeare)
intransitive verb To become seasoned, mature or experienced ORIGIN: OFr seson (Fr saison), from L satiō, -ōnis a sowing seasonabilˈity noun seaˈsonable adjective - Appropriate to the particular season
- Timely
seaˈsonableness noun seaˈsonably adverb seaˈsonal adjective - According to the seasons
- Available only in certain seasons
seasonalˈity noun The quality of being seasonal seaˈsonally adverb seaˈsoned adjective seaˈsoner noun seaˈsoning noun - The process or act by which anything is seasoned
- Herbs, spices, salt and pepper, added to food to improve its flavour
- The process of acclimatization
- (in diamond-cutting) the charging of the laps or wheels with diamond-dust and oil
- The process of coating dyed leather with liquid albumen
seaˈsonless adjective Without difference of seasons seasonal affective disorder noun A depressive illness experienced by people in winter, thought to be due to the reduction in hours of daylight (abbrev SAD) season creep noun Changes in the timing of the seasons, esp the earlier onset of spring, as a result of global warming seaˈsoning-tub noun A trough in which dough is set to rise season ticket noun A ticket valid any number of times within a specified period close or closed season see under close1 in season - Ripe, fit and ready for use
- Available
- (eg in the holiday trade) at the busiest time of the year
- Allowed to be killed
- (of a bitch) ready to mate, on heat
- Fit to be eaten
in season and out of season At all times out of season - Unripe, not normally grown
- (eg in the holiday trade) at any other time than the busiest time of the year, or at the least busy time
- At a time of year when hunting is illegal
- Inopportune
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