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sea·son·ing

   [see-zuh-ning]
noun
1.
salt or an herb, spice, or the like, for heightening or improving the flavor of food.
2.
the process by which a person becomes conditioned or seasoned: That pitcher had a year of seasoning.
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Origin:
1505–15; season + -ing1

Related forms
sea·son·ing·like, adjective

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sea·son

   [see-zuhn]
noun
1.
one of the four periods of the year (spring, summer, autumn, and winter), beginning astronomically at an equinox or solstice, but geographically at different dates in different climates.
2.
a period of the year characterized by particular conditions of weather, temperature, etc.: the rainy season.
3.
a period of the year when something is best or available: the oyster season.
4.
a period of the year marked by certain conditions, activities, etc.: baseball season.
5.
a period of the year immediately before and after a special holiday or occasion: the Christmas season.
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6.
Sports.
a.
a period with reference to the total number of games to be played by a team: a 162-game season.
b.
a period with reference to the won-lost record of a team after it has completed its schedule: a .700 season.
7.
any period or time: in the season of my youth.
8.
a suitable, proper, fitting, or right time: This is not the season for frivolity.
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verb (used with object)
9.
to heighten or improve the flavor of (food) by adding condiments, spices, herbs, or the like.
10.
to give relish or a certain character to: conversation seasoned with wit.
11.
to mature, ripen, or condition by exposure to suitable conditions or treatment: a writer seasoned by experience.
12.
to dry or otherwise treat (lumber) so as to harden and render immune to shrinkage, warpage, etc.
13.
to accustom or harden: troops seasoned by battle.
verb (used without object)
14.
to become seasoned, matured, hardened, or the like.
Idioms
15.
for a season, for a time, especially a short time: He lived in Paris for a season.
16.
in good season, in enough time; sufficiently early: Applicants will be notified of our decision in good season.
17.
in season,
a.
in the time or state for use, eating, etc.: Asparagus is now in season.
b.
in the period regulated by law, as for hunting and fishing.
c.
at the right time; opportunely.
d.
(of an animal, especially female) in a state of readiness for mating; in heat.
e.
in good season.
18.
in season and out of season, regardless of time or season; at all times: Misfortunes plague this family in season and out of season.
19.
out of season, not in season: The price is so high because lilacs are out of season now.
Origin:
1250–1300; (noun) Middle English sesoun, seson < Old French se(i)son < Latin satiōn- (stem of satiō) a sowing (Vulgar Latin: sowing time), equivalent to sa- (variant stem of serere to sow) + -tiōn- -tion; (v.) Middle English seso(u)nen < Old French saisonner to ripen, make palatable by aging, derivative of seison

Related forms
sea·soned·ly, adverb
sea·son·er, noun
sea·son·less, adjective
non·sea·soned, adjective
o·ver·sea·son, verb (used with object)
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post·sea·son, adjective, noun
pre·sea·son, noun
re·sea·son, verb
well-sea·soned, adjective
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Synonyms
14. mature, harden, toughen.

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seasoning (ˈsiːzənɪŋ)
 
—n
1.  something that enhances the flavour of food, such as salt or herbs
2.  another term (not now in technical usage) for drying

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season
"improve the flavor of by adding spices," c.1300, from O.Fr. assaisoner "to ripen, season," from root of season (n.) on the notion of fruit becoming more palatable as it ripens. Applied to timber by 1540. In 16c., it also meant "to copulate with." Seasoning (n.) is from 1580.
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season   (sē'zən)  Pronunciation Key 

  1. One of four natural divisions of the year—spring, summer, autumn, and winter—in temperate zones. Each season has its own characteristic weather and lasts approximately three months. The change in the seasons is brought about by the shift in the angle at which the Sun's rays strike the Earth. This angle changes as the Earth orbits in its yearly cycle around the Sun due to the tilt of the Earth's axis. For example, when the northern or southern hemisphere of the Earth is at an angle predominantly facing the Sun and has more daylight hours of direct, overhead sunlight than nighttime hours, it is in its summer season; the opposite hemisphere is in then opposite condition and is in its winter season. See also equinox, solstice.

  2. In some tropical climates, either of the two divisions—rainy and dry—into which the year is divided. These divisions are defined on the basis of levels of precipitation.


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