winter

UK /ˈwɪntə/ US /ˈwɪntə/
noun 6name 5verb 2

Definitions

noun

1

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.

2

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.

3

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

4

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

5

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

1

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.

2

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

name

1

A surname from the Germanic languages.

2

A unisex given name.

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