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Winter
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- 1 A surname from the Germanic languages. countable
- 2 A unisex given name. countable
- 3 A placename:; An unincorporated community in the Rural Municipality of Senlac, No. 411, Saskatchewan, Canada. countable, uncountable
- 4 A placename:; An unincorporated community in Putnam County, West Virginia, United States. countable, uncountable
- 5 A placename:; A small town and village in Sawyer County, Wisconsin, United States. countable, uncountable
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- 6 The personification of winter, wintertime. countable, uncountable
- 1 Traditionally the fourth of the four seasons, typically regarded as spanning either the period between the winter solstice to the spring equinox, or the months of December, January, and February in temperate and polar regions of the Northern Hemisphere and the months of June, July, and August in the Southern Hemisphere. It is the time when the sun is lowest in the sky, resulting in short days, and the time of year with the lowest atmospheric temperatures for the region. countable, uncountable
"Ne take noon hede to brynge togidere þe parties of þe boon þat is to-broken or dislocate, til viij. daies ben goon in þe wyntir, & v. in þe somer; for þanne it schal make quytture, and be sikir from swellynge; & þanne brynge togidere þe brynkis eiþer þe disiuncture after þe techynge þat schal be seid in þe chapitle of algebra."
- 2 Alternative letter-case form of winter. alt-of, countable, uncountable
- 3 the coldest season of the year; in the Northern Hemisphere it extends from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox wordnet
- 4 The period of decay, old age, death, or the like. countable, figuratively, poetic, uncountable
"Life's autumn past, I stand on winter's verge."
- 5 Someone with dark skin, eyes and hair, seen as best suited to certain colors of clothing. countable
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- 6 An appliance to be fixed on the front of a grate, to keep a kettle warm, etc. countable, obsolete, uncountable
- 7 The rainy season. India, archaic, countable, uncountable
"Note that the Citie of Goa is the principall place of all the Oriental India, and the winter thus beginneth the 15 of May, with very great raine."
- 1 To spend the winter (in a particular place). intransitive
"When they retired, they hoped to winter in Florida."
- 2 spend the winter wordnet
- 3 To store something (for instance animals) somewhere over winter to protect it from cold. transitive
Etymology
From Middle English winter, from Old English winter, from Proto-West Germanic *wintru, from Proto-Germanic *wintruz (“winter”). Cognate with West Frisian winter (“winter”), Dutch winter (“winter”), German Winter (“winter”), Danish, Swedish and Norwegian vinter (“winter”), Icelandic vetur (“winter”).
From Middle English winter, from Old English winter, from Proto-West Germanic *wintru, from Proto-Germanic *wintruz (“winter”). Cognate with West Frisian winter (“winter”), Dutch winter (“winter”), German Winter (“winter”), Danish, Swedish and Norwegian vinter (“winter”), Icelandic vetur (“winter”).
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