summer
1the season between spring and autumn, in the Northern Hemisphere from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox, and in the Southern Hemisphere from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox.
the period comprising the months of June, July, and August in the United States, and from the middle of May to the middle of August in Great Britain.
a period of hot, usually sunny weather: We had no real summer last year.
the hotter half of the year (opposed to winter): They spend the summers in New Hampshire and the winters in Florida.
the period of finest development, perfection, or beauty previous to any decline: the summer of life.
a whole year as represented by this season: a girl of fifteen summers.
of, relating to, or characteristic of summer: Iced tea is a summer drink.
appropriate for or done during the summer: summer clothes;summer sports.
having the weather or warmth of summer: summer days in late October.
to spend or pass the summer: They summered in Maine.
to keep, feed, or manage during the summer: Sheep are summered in high pastures.
to make summerlike.
Origin of summer
1Other words from summer
- sum·mer·less, adjective
Other definitions for summer (2 of 2)
a principal beam or girder, as one running between girts to support joists.
a stone laid upon a pier, column, or wall, from which one or more arches spring: usually molded or otherwise treated like the arch or arches springing from it.
a beam or lintel.
Origin of summer
2- Also Obsolete, som·er [suhm-er] /ˈsʌm ər/ (for def. 1) .
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How to use summer in a sentence
The militants immediately began to fire and one ran into the building where Somers and Korkie were being held.
The most recent raid was actually the second attempt to free Somers, a journalist taken in Yemen 15 months ago.
Somers did not respond to a request for comment, but a Goodlatte aide denied he was rude to the families.
Meanwhile, the group claims, Somers acted dismissive and at one point in the meeting picked lint off his jacket.
According to Somers, we should all be taking personalized bioidentical hormones based on our stool samples instead.
Suzanne Somers’s 13 Craziest Quotes: Sex, Adam Lanza, Patrick Swayze, and More | Amy Zimmerman | October 30, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
In 1622 a monopoly of the importation of tobacco was granted to the Virginia and Somers Island, companies.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.Somers related an anecdote, well worthy to be remembered, which had been preserved by tradition in the noble house of De Vere.
The History of England from the Accession of James II. | Thomas Babington MacaulayWhile the pamphlets of Trenchard and Somers were in every hand, the Parliament met.
The History of England from the Accession of James II. | Thomas Babington MacaulayThe disciples of Somers maintained that, if it was right to have an army at all, it must be right to have an efficient army.
The History of England from the Accession of James II. | Thomas Babington MacaulaySomers was too wise to oppose himself directly to the strong current of popular feeling.
The History of England from the Accession of James II. | Thomas Babington Macaulay
British Dictionary definitions for summer (1 of 2)
/ (ˈsʌmə) /
(sometimes capital)
the warmest season of the year, between spring and autumn, astronomically from the June solstice to the September equinox in the N hemisphere and at the opposite time of year in the S hemisphere
(as modifier): summer flowers; a summer dress Related adjective: aestival
the period of hot weather associated with the summer
a time of blossoming, greatest happiness, etc
mainly poetic a year represented by this season: a child of nine summers
(intr) to spend the summer (at a place)
(tr) to keep or feed (farm animals) during the summer: they summered their cattle on the mountain slopes
Origin of summer
1Derived forms of summer
- summerless, adjective
- summer-like, adjective
- summerly, adjective, adverb
- summery, adjective
- summeriness, noun
British Dictionary definitions for summer (2 of 2)
/ (ˈsʌmə) /
Also called: summer tree a large horizontal beam or girder, esp one that supports floor joists
another name for lintel
a stone on the top of a column, pier, or wall that supports an arch or lintel
Origin of summer
2Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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