overwinter
to pass, spend, or survive the winter: to overwinter on the Riviera.
Origin of overwinter
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How to use overwinter in a sentence
He was now in apparently good health, but he declared that it would cost him his life to remain in the North over winter.
Up the River | Oliver OpticIn northern latitudes eggs or young turtles may over-winter in the nest if deposition is late in the season.
North American Recent Soft-shelled Turtles (Family Trionychidae) | Robert G. WebbOnly the bees that over-winter in the hive must have some spare moments on their hands.
Insect Stories | Vernon L. Kellogg
British Dictionary definitions for overwinter
/ (ˌəʊvəˈwɪntə) /
(intr) to spend winter (in or at a particular place)
(tr) to keep (animals or plants) alive through the winter
(intr) (of an animal or plant) to remain alive throughout the winter
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