ə adjective
of, like, or appropriate for summer: summery weather; a summery dress.
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summer1 (ˈsʌmə) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | (sometimes capital) |
| a. 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 | |
| b. (as modifier): summer flowers; a summer dress Related: aestival | |
| 2. | the period of hot weather associated with the summer |
| 3. | a time of blossoming, greatest happiness, etc |
| 4. | poetic chiefly a year represented by this season: a child of nine summers |
| —vb | |
| 5. | (intr) to spend the summer (at a place) |
| 6. | (tr) to keep or feed (farm animals) during the summer: they summered their cattle on the mountain slopes |
| Related: aestival | |
| [Old English sumor; related to Old Frisian sumur, Old Norse sumar, Old High German sumar, Sanskrit samā season] | |
| 'summerless1 | |
| —adj | |
| 'summer-like1 | |
| —adj | |
| 'summerly1 | |
| —adj, —adv | |
| 'summery1 | |
| —adj | |
| 'summeriness1 | |
| —n | |
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