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winter

Definition

  • noun: the coldest season of the year that is after autumn and before spring
  • noun: the season between autumn and spring comprising in the northern hemisphere usually the months of December, January, and February or as reckoned astronomically extending from the December solstice to the March equinox
  • verb: to spend the winter in a particular place
  • verb: to pass the winter
  • often used before another noun
  • synonyms: hibernate, hiems, hiemal

Examples

  • The birds will 'winter' in the southern part of the country.

  • We're in for a cold 'winter' this year, I hear.

  • The farm agreed to 'winter' our horses for us.

Movie quotes

  • (..) Freezing. Maybe a couple of degrees over. You ever, uh... ..ever been to Wisconsin ? What ? They have some of the coldest winters. l grew up there, near Chippewa Falls. When l was a kid, me and my father went ice fishing... ..out on Lake Wissota. lce fishing is where you... (..)
    1997 Titanic