Winter Definition
wĭntər
wintered, wintering, winters
noun
winters
The coldest season of the year: in the North Temperate Zone, generally regarded as including the months of December, January, and February: in the astronomical year, that period between the winter solstice and the vernal equinox.
Webster's New World
The season extending from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox.
American Heritage
The typically cold weather of this season.
Webster's New World
A year as reckoned by this season.
A man of eighty winters.
Webster's New World
Any period of decline, dreariness, adversity, etc.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
- wintertime
- wintertide
- blackberry winter
- squaw-winter
- frosty weather
- cold season
- King Winter
- jack-frost
- christmastime
- season
- cold
adjective
Of or characteristic of winter.
Webster's New World
Designed for or taking place during winter.
Winter sports.
Webster's New World
That will keep during the winter.
Winter apples.
Webster's New World
Planted in the fall to be harvested in the spring.
Winter wheat.
Webster's New World
verb
wintered, wintering, winters
To pass the winter.
Webster's New World
To keep, feed, or maintain during the winter.
Webster's New World
To be supplied with food and shelter in the winter.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
- overwinter
- spend the winter
- stay for the winter
- go for the winter
- hole up
- vacation
pronoun
A surname. (A common Germanic one.)
Wiktionary
Origin of Winter
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From Middle English, from Old English winter, from Proto-Germanic *wintruz. Compare West Frisian and Dutch winter, German Winter, Danish vinter.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English from Old English wed-1 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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