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winter

Pronunciación: /ˈwɪntə/
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Definición de winter

noun

  • the coldest season of the year, in the northern hemisphere from December to February and in the southern hemisphere from June to August:the tree has a good crop of berries in winter [as modifier]:the winter months
  • Astronomy the period from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox.
  • (winters) literary years:he seemed a hundred winters old

adjective

[attributive]
  • (of fruit) ripening late in the year:a winter apple
  • (of wheat or other crops) sown in autumn for harvesting the following year.

verb

[no object, with adverbial of place]
  • (especially of a bird) spend the winter in a particular place:birds wintering in the Channel Islands
  • [with object] keep or feed (plants or cattle) during winter.

Derivatives

winterer

noun

winterless

adjective

winterly

adjective

Origin:

Old English, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch winter and German Winter, probably also to wet

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Definición de winter en el diccionario de Inglés de EE.UU.
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