winter

[Win·ter]

The coldest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox

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The season of the year in which the sun shines most obliquely upon any region; the coldest season of the year.

Noun
the coldest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox

Verb
spend the winter; "We wintered on the Riviera"

n.
The season of the year in which the sun shines most obliquely upon any region; the coldest season of the year.

n.
The period of decay, old age, death, or the like.

v. i.
To pass the winter; to hibernate; as, to winter in Florida.

v. i.
To keep, feed or manage, during the winter; as, to winter young cattle on straw.

Winter

Win"ter , n. [AS. winter; akin to OFries. & D. winter, OS. & OHG. wintar, G. winter, D. & Sw. vinter, Icel. vetr, Goth. wintrus; of uncertain origin; cf. Old Gallic vindo- white (in comp.), OIr. find white. .] 1. The season of the year in which the sun shines most obliquely upon any region; the coldest season of the year. "Of thirty winter he was old." Chaucer.

And after summer evermore succeeds Barren winter, with his wrathful nipping cold.

Winter lingering chills the lap of May.

&hand; North of the equator, winter is popularly taken to include the months of December, January, and February (see Season). Astronomically, it may be considered to begin with the winter solstice, about December 21st, and to end with the vernal equinox, about March 21st. 2. The period of decay, old age, death, or the like.

Life's autumn past, I stand on winter's verge.

Winter apple, an apple that keeps well in winter, or that does not ripen until winter. -- Winter barley, a kind of barley that is sown in autumn. -- Winter berry (Bot.), the name of several American shrubs (Ilex verticillata, I. l'91vigata, etc.) of the Holly family, having bright red berries conspicuous in winter. -- Winter bloom. (Bot.) (a) A plant of the genus Azalea. (b) A plant of the genus Hamamelis (H. Viginica); witch-hazel; -- so called from its flowers appearing late in autumn, while the leaves are falling. -- Winter bud (Zo'94l.), a statoblast. -- Winter cherry (Bot.), a plant (Physalis Alkekengi) of the Nightshade family, which has, a red berry inclosed in the inflated and persistent calyx. See Alkekengi. -- Winter cough (Med.), a form of chronic bronchitis marked by a cough recurring each winter. -- Winter cress (Bot.), a yellow-flowered cruciferous plant (Barbarea vulgaris). -- Winter crop, a crop which will bear the winter, or which may be converted into fodder during the winter. -- Winter duck. (Zo'94l.) (a) The pintail. (b) The old squaw. -- Winter egg (Zo'94l.), an egg produced in the autumn by many invertebrates, and destined to survive the winter. Such eggs usually differ from the summer eggs in having a thicker shell, and often in being enveloped in a protective case. They sometimes develop in a manner different from that of the summer eggs. -- Winter fallow, ground that is fallowed in winter. -- Winter fat. (Bot.) Same as White sage, under White. -- Winter fever (Med.), pneumonia. [Colloq.] -- Winter flounder. (Zo'94l.) See the Note under Flounder. -- Winter gull (Zo'94l.), the common European gull; -- called also winter mew. [Prov. Eng.] -- Winter itch. (Med.) See Prarie itch, under Prairie. -- Winter lodge, ∨ Winter lodgment. (Bot.) Same as Hibernaculum. -- Winter mew. (Zo'94l.) Same as Winter gull, above. [Prov. Eng.] -- Winter moth (Zo'94l.), any one of several species of geometrid moths which come forth in winter, as the European species (Cheimatobia brumata). These moths have rudimentary mouth organs, and eat no food in the imago state. The female of some of the species is wingless. -- Winter oil, oil prepared so as not to solidify in moderately cold weather. -- Winter pear, a kind of pear that keeps well in winter, or that does not ripen until winter. -- Winter quarters, the quarters of troops during the winter; a winter residence or station. -- Winter rye, a kind of rye that is sown in autumn. -- Winter shad (Zo'94l.), the gizzard shad. -- Winter sheldrake (Zo'94l.), the goosander. [Local, U.S.] -- Winter sleep (Zo'94l.), hibernation. -- Winter snipe (Zo'94l.), the dunlin. -- Winter solstice. (Astron.) See Solstice, 2. -- Winter teal (Zo'94l.), the green-winged teal. -- Winter wagtail (Zo'94l.), the gray wagtail (Motacilla melanope). [Prov. Eng.] -- Winter wheat, wheat sown in autumn, which lives during the winter, and ripens in the following summer. -- Winter wren (Zo'94l.), a small American wren (Troglodytes hiemalis) closely resembling the common wren.

Winter

Win"ter, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Wintered ; p. pr. & vb. n. Wintering.] To pass the winter; to hibernate; as, to winter in Florida.

Because the haven was not commodious to winter in, the more part advised to depart thence.

Winter

Win"ter, v. i. To keep, feed or manage, during the winter; as, to winter young cattle on straw.

The season of the year in which the sun shines most obliquely upon any region; the coldest season of the year.

To pass the winter; to hibernate; as, to winter in Florida.

To keep, feed or manage, during the winter; as, to winter young cattle on straw.

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Usage Examples

As winter strips the leaves from around us, so that we may see the distant regions they formerly concealed, so old age takes away our enjoyments only to enlarge the prospect of the coming eternity.

If you or me go to the gas station to fill up our car and it costs us much more than we expected, it will zap our discretionary income. We won't have the extra money to buy that washing machine or new winter coat-all big ticket items that are important to economic growth.

I get bored. We seem to have been having a little bit more time off this winter than last winter. I'm always itching to get back in the car. It's going to get harder, so I've got to make sure that I'm doing everything I possibly can do to make sure I can start next season how I ended this season.

And we have a little herb garden, which survived the winter thanks to global warming. It makes me feel like a cool, old Italian housewife, that I kept my rosemary alive outside all winter.

I like cool jackets - a nice fall or winter coat. You can get a lot of use out of it, and you'll wear it frequently, so it can really set the tone of your uniform for the season.

I remember opening my dad's closet and there were, like, 40 suits, every color of the rainbow, plaid and winter and summer. He had two jewelry boxes full of watches and lighters and cuff links. And just... he was that guy. He was probably unfulfilled in his life in many ways.

My mum was very conscious about fashion and my dad was born into the tailoring tradition, so fashion has always been my life, although now, really, I wear the same thing - just in different weights - light and heavy cashmere in winter and cotton in summer.

I am extremely involved in the design process of both my brands, Winter Kate and House of Harlow 1960.

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Other Usage Examples

I have a total irreverence for anything connected with society except that which makes the roads safer, the beer stronger, the food cheaper and the old men and old women warmer in the winter and happier in the summer.

Global trade has advantages. For starters, it allows those of us who live through winter to eat fresh produce year-round. And it provides economic benefits to farmers who grow that food.

I read somewhere that Mitt and I have a 'storybook marriage.' Well, in the storybooks I read, there were never long, long, rainy winter afternoons in a house with five boys screaming at once. And those storybooks never seemed to have chapters called MS or breast cancer.

Autumn arrives in early morning, but spring at the close of a winter day.

In the depth of winter I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer.

God is day and night, winter and summer, war and peace, surfeit and hunger.

I have a lot of nice Italian winter clothes that make me look like a sophisticated Lebanese professor, so my friend Robert and I go around pretending to be experts in Arabic politics. It doesn't work in the summer though. I don't have the right clothes.

In seed time learn, in harvest teach, in winter enjoy.