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sum⋅mer

1  [suhm-er]
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–noun
1. the 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.
2. the period comprising the months of June, July, and August in the U.S., and from the middle of May to the middle of August in Great Britain.
3. a period of hot, usually sunny weather: We had no real summer last year.
4. the hotter half of the year (opposed to winter ): They spend the summers in New Hampshire and the winters in Florida.
5. the period of finest development, perfection, or beauty previous to any decline: the summer of life.
6. a whole year as represented by this season: a girl of fifteen summers.
–adjective
7. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of summer: Iced tea is a summer drink.
8. appropriate for or done during the summer: summer clothes; summer sports.
9. having the weather or warmth of summer: summer days in late October.
–verb (used without object)
10. to spend or pass the summer: They summered in Maine.
–verb (used with object)
11. to keep, feed, or manage during the summer: Sheep are summered in high pastures.
12. to make summerlike.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME sumer, OE sumor; c. D zomer, G Sommer, ON sumar summer; akin to Skt samā half-year, year, OIr sam-, Welsh haf summer

Related forms:
sum⋅mer⋅less, adjective
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sum⋅mer

2  [suhm-er]
–noun
1. a principal beam or girder, as one running between girts to support joists.
2. 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.
3. a beam or lintel.
Origin:
1275–1325; ME somer < AF; OF somier packhorse, beam < VL *saumārius, equiv. to L sagm(a) packsaddle (< Gk ságma) + -ārius -ary; see -er 2
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sum·mer 1   (sŭm'ər)   
n.  

  1. The usually warmest season of the year, occurring between spring and autumn and constituting June, July, and August in the Northern Hemisphere, or, as calculated astronomically, extending from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox.

  2. A period of fruition, fulfillment, happiness, or beauty.

  3. A year: a girl of 13 summers.

v.   sum·mered, sum·mer·ing, sum·mers

v.   tr.
To lodge or keep during the summer: summered the herd in the south meadow.
v.   intr.
To pass the summer: They summered at a beach resort.
adj.  

  1. Of, having to do with, occurring in, or appropriate to the season of summer: summer heat; summer attire.

  2. Grown during the season of summer: summer crops.


[Middle English sumer, from Old English sumor; see sem-2 in Indo-European roots.]
sum'mer·ly adv. & adj.
sum·mer 2   (sŭm'ər)   
n.  

  1. A heavy horizontal timber that serves as a supporting beam, especially for the floor above.

  2. A lintel.

  3. A large, heavy stone usually set on the top of a column or pilaster to support an arch or lintel.


[Middle English, beam, pack animal, from Anglo-Norman sumer, from Vulgar Latin *saumārius, from Late Latin sagmārius, pertaining to a packsaddle, packhorse, from sagma, packsaddle; see sumpter.]
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Word Origin & History

summer  (1)
"hot season of the year," O.E. sumor, from P.Gmc. *sumur- (cf. O.S., O.N., O.H.G. sumar, O.Fris. sumur, M.Du. somer, Du. zomer, Ger. Sommer), from PIE base *sem- (cf. Skt. sama "season, half-year," Avestan hama "in summer," Armenian amarn "summer," O.Ir. sam, O.Welsh ham, Welsh haf "summer"). O.N. sumarsdag, first day of summer, was the Thursday that fell between April 9 and 15. For Indian summer see India. The verb meaning "to pass the summer" is recorded from c.1440. Summer camp is attested from 1893; summer resort is from 1832; summer school first recorded 1860; theatrical summer stock id attested from 1942. Summertime is recorded from 1377; in Britain, as two words, with ref. to what in U.S. is "daylight saving time," it is recorded from 1916.

summer  (2)
"horizontal bearing beam," 1288, from Anglo-Fr. sumer, O.Fr. somer "main beam," originally "pack horse," from V.L. *saumarius, from L.L. sagmarius "pack horse," from sagma "packsaddle" (see sumpter).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Computing Dictionary

SUMMER
String manipulation and pattern matching language by Klint & Sint at CWI in the late 1970s. It was recently used as the input and implementation language for the Dataflow Compiler Project at CWI.
["An Overview of the SUMMER Programming Language", Paul Klint, 7th POPL, ACM 1980, pp. 47-55].

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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Encyclopedia

summer

warmest season of the year, between spring and autumn. In the Northern Hemisphere, it is usually defined as the period between the summer solstice (year's longest day), June 21 or 22, and the autumnal equinox (day and night equal in length), September 22 or 23; and in the Southern Hemisphere, as the period between December 22 or 23 and March 20 or 21. The temperature contrast between summer and the other seasons exists only in middle and high latitudes; temperatures in the equatorial regions generally vary little from month to month. For physical causes of the seasons, see season.

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