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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

  • (..) when you become queen. Careful you don't fall. - I'm just getting you an apple, here you go. Thank you. William! William! The next winter was the harshest in memory. Snow White's mother passed away. The king was inconsolable. Taking advantage of his grief, a dark and mysterious (..)
    2012 Snow White and the Huntsman
  • (..) Once upon a time, in deep winter, a queen was admiring the falling snow, when she saw a rose blooming in defiance of the cold. reaching for it she pricked her finger, and three drops of blood fell. (..)
    2012 Snow White and the Huntsman