Definition of 'winter'
Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense, plural winters
, present participle wintering
, past tense, past participle wintered
3. verb
If you winter somewhere, you spend the winter there.
[formal]
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winter in British English
noun
1.
a. (sometimes capital)
b.
(as modifier)
winter pasture
2.
the period of cold weather associated with the winter
4. mainly poetic
a year represented by this season
a man of 72 winters
▶ Related adjectives: brumal, hibernal, hiemalverb
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Derived forms
winterer (ˈwinterer) noun
winterish (ˈwinterish) or winter-like (ˈwinter-ˌlike)
adjective
winterless (ˈwinterless)
adjective
Word origin
Old English; related to Old Saxon, Old High German wintar, Old Norse vetr, Gothic wintrusWord Frequency
winter in American English
noun
1.
a.
b.
the typically cold weather of this season
3.
any period of decline, dreariness, adversity, etc.
adjective
4.
of or characteristic of winter
5.
designed for or taking place during winter
winter sports
6.
that will keep during the winter
winter apples
verb transitive
10.
to keep, feed, or maintain during the winter
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winter in American English
(ˈwɪntər)
noun
1.
2.
the months of December, January, and February in the U.S., and of November, December, and January in Great Britain
3.
cold weather
a touch of winter in northern Florida
4.
the colder half of the year (opposed to summer)
adjective
8. (of fruit and vegetables)
of a kind that may be kept for use during the winter
9.
planted in the autumn to be harvested in the spring or early summer
winter rye
intransitive verb
10.
to spend or pass the winter
to winter in Italy
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Derived forms
winterer noun
winterish
adjective
winterishly
adverb
winterless
adjective
Word origin
[bef. 900; (n.) ME, OE; c. G Winter, ON vetr, Goth wintrus; (v.) ME, deriv. of the n.; akin to wet, water]Examples of 'winter' in a sentence
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winter
British English: winter
/ˈwɪntə/ NOUN
Winter is the season between autumn and spring. In winter the weather is usually cold.
Dried fruit is eaten in winter, when fresh fruit is not available.
- American English: winter /ˈwɪntər/
- Arabic: الشِّتَاء
- Brazilian Portuguese: inverno
- Chinese: 冬天
- Croatian: zima
- Czech: zima
- Danish: vinter
- Dutch: winter
- European Spanish: invierno
- Finnish: talvi
- French: hiver
- German: Winter
- Greek: χειμώνας
- Italian: inverno
- Japanese: 冬
- Korean: 겨울
- Norwegian: vinter
- Polish: zima
- European Portuguese: Inverno
- Romanian: iarnă
- Russian: зима
- Latin American Spanish: invierno
- Swedish: vinter
- Thai: ฤดูหนาว
- Turkish: kış
- Ukrainian: зима
- Vietnamese: mùa đông
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