noun
Each of the four divisions of a year: spring, summer, autumn (fall) and winter
we saw, in six days' traveling, the several seasons of the year in their beauty and perfection
We had joy, we had fun, we had seasons in the sun, / But the wine and the song, / like the seasons, have all gone.
A period of the year when something particular happens.
mating season
the rainy season
A period of the year in which a place is most busy or frequented for business, amusement, etc.
He seldom was seen in the office himself, but occasionally a paragraph in the paper recorded that his yacht had touched at Mentone and that he had been seen at the Monte Carlo tables, or that he was expected in Leicestershire for the season.
The period over which a series of Test matches are played.
That which gives relish; seasoning.
O! she is fallen Into a pit of ink, that the wide sea Hath drops too few to wash her clean again, And salt too little which may season give To her foul-tainted flesh.
You lack the season of all natures, sleep.
verb
To habituate, accustom, or inure (someone or something) to a particular use, purpose, or circumstance.
to season oneself to a climate
To prepare by drying or hardening, or removal of natural juices.
The timber needs to be seasoned.
To become mature; to grow fit for use; to become adapted to a climate.
To become dry and hard, by the escape of the natural juices, or by being penetrated with other substance.
The wood has seasoned in the sun.
To mingle: to moderate, temper, or qualify by admixture.
verb
To flavour food with spices, herbs or salt.