WINTER
\wˈɪntə], \wˈɪntə], \w_ˈɪ_n_t_ə]\
Definitions of WINTER
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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the coldest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox
By Princeton University
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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.
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The period of decay, old age, death, or the like.
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To pass the winter; to hibernate; as, to winter in Florida.
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To keep, feed or manage, during the winter; as, to winter young cattle on straw.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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The period of decay, old age, death, or the like.
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To pass the winter; to hibernate; as, to winter in Florida.
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To keep, feed or manage, during the winter; as, to winter young cattle on straw.
By Noah Webster.
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The cold season of the year; cold weather; a period when vitality is low; as, old age is the winter of life.
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To pass the months of the cold season; as, snakes winter in the ground.
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To keep during the cold season.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. [Anglo-Saxon, Gothic] The cold season of the year ; in common usage, in the northern hemisphere, the period from the first day of December to the first day of March ; in astronomical usage, the period from the solstice in December (about the twenty-first day) to the vernal equinox in March (about the twenty-first day);—a year.
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