winter

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/ˈwɪntə/

noun 6name 5verb 2

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

last, next, this (coming)

early, late, mid- (also midwinter)

Early winter brought unexpected snow to the mountains where we planned to hike.

bad, bitter, cold, hard, harsh, severe, terrible

Last year was a particularly harsh winter, so many families struggled to pay their heating bills.

bleak, dreary, grey | mild | wet | nuclear

WINTER + NOUN

conditions, temperature, weather | sun, sunlight, sunshine | cold | frost/frosts, rain/rains, snow | gale, wind

landscape, scene, sky

The gray winter sky made it feel like snow could fall any moment.

Definitions

noun

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 Norther

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.

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

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

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

Buterin seemed to sense that the market was out of balance, and he made a smart decision that helped Ethereum weather the crypto winter and continue to build while the market was down.

Someone with dark skin, eyes and hair, seen as best suited to certain colors of clothing.

An appliance to be fixed on the front of a grate, to keep a kettle warm, etc.

The rainy season.

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.

The Winter heere beginneth about the first of Iune and dureth till the twentieth of September, but not with continuall raines as at Goa, but for some sixe or seuen dayes every change and full, with much wind, thunder and raine.

verb

To spend the winter (in a particular place).

When they retired, they hoped to winter in Florida.

Those who seek to invade another country anywhere across the great Eurasian steppes are condemned eventually to winter in it.

To store something (for instance animals) somewhere over winter to protect it from cold.

name

A surname from the Germanic languages.

A unisex given name.

A placename:

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — the coldest season of the year

wintertime

verb — spend the winter

overwinter

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

buy straw hats in winter

Of stocks, to buy when both demand and price are low, so as to sell when demand and price are high.

winter rat

An old, unattractive automobile, purchased for little money, to be driven during brutal Great Lakes winters while the owner's "good" car remains garaged and protected from corrosive road salt for the season.

summer and winter

To spend extended periods of time with; to test.

An even more important reason for the primary is that by "summering and wintering" these candidates, New Hampshire people, as representatives of the nation ....

dead of winter

The middle of the winter, characterized by being particularly cold.

‘A cold coming we had of it, Just the worst time of the year For a journey, and such a long journey: The ways deep and the weather sharp, The very dead of winter.’

winter wonderland

A beautiful scene of snow and ice.

"After the storm, I went for a walk. I like to observe nature - it's kind of a winter wonderland out there."

Example Bank

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

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It cannot be denied it [the chameleon] is (if not the moſt of any) a very abſtemious animall, and ſuch as by reaſon of its frigidity, paucity of bloud, and latitancy in the winter (about which time th

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When they retired, they hoped to winter in Florida.

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Those who seek to invade another country anywhere across the great Eurasian steppes are condemned eventually to winter in it.

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Winter is my favorite season.

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Usage Notes

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In some senses, winter is marked as figuratively, obsolete, archaic, poetic. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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