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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

  • (..) -See you later, crocodile. Maurice, my arm is tired. Wave it for me. Faster, you naughty little monkey. By the time we get back to New York, it'll be the middle of winter. So I was just thinking, why rush? Maybe we could make a few side stops along the way. -Maybe Paris. -You just read my mind. (..)
    2005 Madagascar