winter
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tər noun
1.
the cold season between autumn and spring in northern latitudes (in the Northern Hemisphere from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox; in the Southern Hemisphere from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox).
2.
the months of December, January, and February in the U.S., and of November, December, and January in Great Britain.
3.
cold weather: a touch of winter in northern Florida.
4.
the colder half of the year ( opposed to summer ).
5.
a whole year as represented by this season: a man of sixty winters.
adjective
7.
of, pertaining to, or characteristic of winter: a winter sunset.
8.
(of fruit and vegetables) of a kind that may be kept for use during the winter.
9.
planted in the autumn to be harvested in the spring or early summer: winter rye.
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verb (used without object)
10.
to spend or pass the winter: to winter in Italy.
11.
to keep, feed, or manage during the winter, as plants or cattle: plants wintering indoors.
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| —n | |
| 1. | a. (sometimes capital) the coldest season of the year, between autumn and spring, astronomically from the December solstice to the March equinox in the N hemisphere and at the opposite time of year in the S hemisphere |
| b. (as modifier): winter pasture | |
| 2. | the period of cold weather associated with the winter |
| 3. | a time of decline, decay, etc |
| 4. | poetic chiefly a year represented by this season: a man of 72 winters Related: brumal, hibernal, hiemal |
| —vb | |
| 5. | (intr) to spend the winter in a specified place |
| 6. | to keep or feed (farm animals, etc) during the winter or (of farm animals) to be kept or fed during the winter |
| Related: brumal, hibernal, hiemal | |
| [Old English; related to Old Saxon, Old High German wintar, Old Norse vetr, Gothic wintrus] | |
| 'winterer | |
| —n | |
| 'winterish | |
| —adj | |
| 'winter-like | |
| —adj | |
| 'winterless | |
| —adj | |
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
winter
O.E., "fourth season of the year," from P.Gmc. *wentruz (cf. O.Fris., Du. winter, O.S., O.H.G. wintar, Ger. winter, Dan., Swed. vinter, Goth. wintrus, O.N. vetr "winter"), possibly from PIE *wed-/*wod-/*ud- "wet" (see water), or from *wind- "white" (cf. Celt. vindo- "white").
The Anglo-Saxons counted years in "winters," cf. O.E. ænetre "one-year-old." O.N. Vetrardag, first day of winter, was the Saturday that fell between Oct. 10 and 16. The verb meaning "to pass the winter (in some place)" is recorded from 1382. Winterize is from 1938, on model of earlier summerize (1935). Wintergreen as a type of plant is recorded from 1548.
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Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia
winter
coldest season of the year, between autumn and spring; the name comes from an old Germanic word that means "time of water" and refers to the rain and snow of winter in middle and high latitudes. In the Northern Hemisphere, it is commonly regarded as extending from the winter solstice (year's shortest day), December 21 or 22, to the vernal equinox (day and night equal in length), March 20 or 21, and in the Southern Hemisphere, from June 21 or 22 to September 22 or 23. The low temperatures associated with winter occur only in middle and high latitudes; in equatorial regions, temperatures are almost uniformly high throughout the year. For physical causes of the seasons, see season.
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Example sentences
Plants that have evolved in cold-weather climates become dormant in the winter to avoid frost damage.
It is bitter cold, windy, and he feels helpless against the winter.
Atmospheric scientists believe the decrease was triggered by an unusually cold winter.
In the cold, thoughts turn to snowflakes, heralds of winter.
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