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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

  • (..) So it's the child. Anna. No. Oh, God. Forgive me. I'll be buying in feed before winter's over. Well, you don't press people hard, but you live rightly. For your soul, not your belly. How do we know what's rightly? Just by knowing it. How else? (..)
    2012 Anna Karenina
  • (..) Right, after you, after you. -Are we late? -Of course, you're late. I'm Countess Nordston. We nearly met at the Shcherbatskys' last winter. Come into the fold. Come on. You've been waiting for me. Forgive me. Kitty is here. Konstantin, what a long time (..)
    2012 Anna Karenina