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1. (n.) summer
the warm season between spring and autumn, in the Northern Hemisphere from the June solstice to the September equinox, and in the Southern Hemisphere from the December solstice to the March equinox.
2. summer
hot, usu. sunny weather.
3. summer
the hotter half of the year
4. summer
the period of greatest development, perfection, beauty, etc.:
the summer of life.
5. summer
a year:
a girl of fifteen summers.
6. (adj.) summer
of or characteristic of summer.
7. summer
suitable for or done during the summer:
summer sports.
8. (v.i.) summer
to spend or pass the summer.
9. (v.t.) summer
to keep, feed, or manage during the summer:
to summer sheep in high pastures.
10. (n.) summer
a principal beam or girder, as one used to support joists.
11. summer
a stone laid upon a pier, column, or wall, from which one or more arches spring.
12. summer
a beam or lintel.
Etymology: (1275–1325; ME somer < AF; OF somier packhorse, beam)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) summer, summertime
the warmest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox
"they spent a lazy summer at the shore"
2. (verb) summer
the period of finest development, happiness, or beauty
"the golden summer of his life"
3. (verb) summer
spend the summer
"We summered in Kashmir"
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1. (noun) summer
the season of the year when the weather is usually at its hottest
We're going to the mountains this summer.; I take a long vacation every summer.; in summer when the fruit is in season
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) summer
a large stone or beam placed horizontally on columns, piers, posts, or the like, serving for various uses. Specifically: (a) The lintel of a door or window. (b) The commencement of a cross vault. (c) A central floor timber, as a girder, or a piece reaching from a wall to a girder. Called also summertree
2. (noun) summer
the season of the year in which the sun shines most directly upon any region; the warmest period of the year
3. summer
one who sums; one who casts up an account
4. (verb) summer
to pass the summer; to spend the warm season; as, to summer in Switzerland
5. (verb) summer
to keep or carry through the summer; to feed during the summer; as, to summer stock
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Sense: the warmest season of the year
I went to Italy last summer; (
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 Afrikaans: somer |
 Arabic: صَيْف |
 Bulgarian: лято |
 Brazilian: verão |
 Czech: léto; letní |
 German: der Sommer; Sommer-... |
 Danish: sommer; sommer- |
 Greek: καλοκαίρι, καλοκαιρινός |
 Spanish: verano |
 Estonian: suvi |
 Farsi: تابستان |
 Finnish: kesä |
 French: (d')été |
 Hebrew: קָיִץ |
 Hindi: ग्रीष्म, गर्मी, ग्रीष्मका |
 Croatian: ljeto |
 Hungarian: nyár; nyári |
 Indonesian: musim panas |
 Icelandic: sumar |
 Italian: estate; estivo |
 Japanese: 夏 |
 Korean: 여름 |
 Lithuanian: vasara |
 Latvian: vasara |
 Malay: musim panas |
 Dutch: zomer |
 Norwegian: sommer(-) |
 Polish: lato |
 Persian: تابستان |
 Pashto: اوړی |
 Portuguese: verão |
 Romanian: de vară) |
 Russian: лето |
 Slovak: leto; letný |
 Slovenian: poletje |
 Serbian: leto |
 Swedish: sommar |
 Thai: ฤดูร้อน |
 Turkish: yaz |
 Taiwanese: 夏天 |
 Ukrainian: літо |
 Urdu: گرمی |
 Vietnamese: mùa hè |
 Chinese: 夏天 |
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