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1. (n.) winter
the cold season between autumn and spring, in the Northern Hemisphere from the December solstice to the March equinox, and in the Southern Hemisphere from the June solstice to the September equinox.
2. winter
the months of December, January, and February in the U.S., and of November, December, and January in Great Britain.
3. winter
cold weather:
a touch of winter in the air.
4. winter
the colder half of the year
5. winter
a year:
a man of 60 winters.
6. winter
a period like winter; a period of decline, dreariness, or adversity.
7. (adj.) winter
of, pertaining to, or characteristic of winter.
8. winter
(of fruit and vegetables) of a kind that may be kept for use during the winter.
9. winter
planted in the autumn to be harvested in the spring or early summer:
winter rye.
10. (v.i.) winter
to spend or pass the winter.
11. (v.t.) winter
to keep, feed, or manage during the winter, as plants or cattle.
Etymology: (bef. 900; ME, OE, c. OS, OHG wintar, ON vetr, Go wintrus; prob. akin to wet , water)
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| Definition of 'Winter' |
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1. (verb) winter, wintertime
the coldest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox
2. (verb) winter, overwinter
spend the winter
"We wintered on the Riviera"; "Shackleton's men overwintered on Elephant Island"
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1. (noun) winter
the coldest season of the year
It snows a lot here in winter.; a long, hard winter; Tourists don't come here in the winter.; winter sports
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Winter
the season of the year in which the sun shines most obliquely upon any region; the coldest season of the year
2. (noun) Winter
the period of decay, old age, death, or the like
3. (verb) Winter
to pass the winter; to hibernate; as, to winter in Florida
4. (verb) Winter
to keep, feed or manage, during the winter; as, to winter young cattle on straw
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Sense: the coldest season of the year
We often have snow in winter; (
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 Afrikaans: winter |
 Arabic: شِتاء |
 Bulgarian: зима |
 Brazilian: inverno |
 Czech: zima; zimní |
 German: der Winter, Winter-... |
 Danish: vinter; vinter- |
 Greek: χειμώνας, χειμωνιάτικος |
 Spanish: invierno |
 Estonian: talv |
 Farsi: زمستان |
 Finnish: talvi |
 French: (d')hiver |
 Hebrew: חוֹרֶף |
 Hindi: जाड़ा |
 Croatian: zima, zimski |
 Hungarian: tél; (melléknévként:) tél |
 Indonesian: musim dingin |
 Icelandic: vetur |
 Italian: inverno; d'inverno, inver |
 Japanese: 冬 |
 Korean: 겨울 |
 Lithuanian: žiema |
 Latvian: ziema |
 Malay: musim sejuk; musim salji |
 Dutch: winter |
 Norwegian: vinter, vinter- |
 Polish: zima |
 Portuguese: inverno |
 Romanian: (de) iarnă |
 Russian: зима |
 Slovak: zima; zimný |
 Slovenian: zima; zimski |
 Serbian: zima |
 Swedish: vinter |
 Thai: ฤดูหนาว |
 Turkish: kış |
 Taiwanese: 冬天 |
 Ukrainian: зима |
 Urdu: سردی |
 Vietnamese: mùa đông |
 Chinese: 冬天 |
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