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win·ter
(wĭn′tər)n.
1.
a. In the Northern Hemisphere, usually the coldest season of the year, occurring between autumn and spring and including the months of December, January, and February. In the Southern Hemisphere austral winter includes June, July, and August.
b. The season extending from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox.
2. A year as expressed through the recurrence of the winter season.
3. A period of time characterized by coldness, misery, barrenness, or death.
adj.
1. Relating to or occurring in winter: winter blizzards; winter attire.
2. Grown during the season of winter: winter herbs.
v. win·tered, win·ter·ing, win·ters
v.intr.
1. To spend the winter: wintered in Arizona.
2. To feed in winter. Used with on: deer wintering on cedar bark.
v.tr.
To lodge, keep, or care for during the winter: wintering the sheep in the stable.
[Middle English, from Old English; see wed- in Indo-European roots.]
win′ter·ish adj.
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winter
(ˈwɪntə)n
1. (Physical Geography)
a. (sometimes capital) the coldest season of the year, between autumn and spring, astronomically from the December solstice to the March equinox in the N hemisphere and at the opposite time of year in the S hemisphere
b. (as modifier): winter pasture.
2. (Physical Geography) the period of cold weather associated with the winter
3. a time of decline, decay, etc
4. chiefly poetic a year represented by this season: a man of 72 winters.
vb
5. (intr) to spend the winter in a specified place
6. (Agriculture) to keep or feed (farm animals, etc) during the winter or (of farm animals) to be kept or fed during the winter
[Old English; related to Old Saxon, Old High German wintar, Old Norse vetr, Gothic wintrus]
ˈwinterer n
ˈwinterish, ˈwinter-ˌlike adj
ˈwinterless adj
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win•ter
(ˈwɪn tər)n.
1. the cold season between autumn and spring, in the Northern Hemisphere from the December solstice to the March equinox, and in the Southern Hemisphere from the June solstice to the September equinox.
2. the months of December, January, and February in the U.S., and of November, December, and January in Great Britain.
3. cold weather: a touch of winter in the air.
4. the colder half of the year (opposed to summer).
5. a year: a man of 60 winters.
6. a period like winter; a period of decline, dreariness, or adversity.
adj. 7. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of winter.
8. (of fruit and vegetables) of a kind that may be kept for use during the winter.
9. planted in the autumn to be harvested in the spring or early summer: winter rye.
v.i. 10. to spend or pass the winter.
v.t. 11. to keep, feed, or manage during the winter, as plants or cattle.
[before 900; Middle English, Old English, c. Old Saxon, Old High German wintar, Old Norse vetr, Gothic wintrus; probably akin to wet, water]
win′ter•er, n.
win′ter•ish, adj.
win′ter•ish•ly, adv.
win′ter•less, adj.
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win·ter
(wĭn′tər) The usually coldest season of the year, occurring between autumn and spring. In the Northern Hemisphere, it extends from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox.
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winter
Winter is the season between autumn and spring. In winter, the weather is cold.
A lot of plants and wild animals died during the harsh winter.
It was a dark winter's night.
If you want to say that something happens every year during this season, you say that it happens in winter or in the winter.
The park closes earlier in winter.
In the winter the path can be icy.
Be Careful!
Don't say that something happens 'in the winters' or 'in winters'.
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winter
Past participle: wintered
Gerund: wintering
| Imperative |
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| winter |
| winter |
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| Noun | 1. |  winter - the coldest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the winter solstice to the vernal equinoxwinter solstice - December 22, when the sun is at its southernmost point time of year, season - one of the natural periods into which the year is divided by the equinoxes and solstices or atmospheric conditions; "the regular sequence of the seasons" midwinter - the middle of winter |
| Verb | 1. | winter - spend the winter; "We wintered on the Riviera"; "Shackleton's men overwintered on Elephant Island" |
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winter
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Translations
الشِّتَاءشِتاء
зима
zima
vinter
vintro
talv
زمستان
talvi
zima
tél
vetur
冬
겨울
hibernushiems
žiemažiemos sporto šakos
ziema
iarnă
zima
zima
zimaзима
vinter
ฤดูหนาว
зима
mùa đông
winter
[ˈwɪntəʳ]A. N → invierno m
in winter → en invierno
I like to go skiing in (the) winter → me gusta ir a esquiar en invierno
in the winter of 1998 → en el invierno de 1998
a winter's day → un día de invierno
in winter → en invierno
I like to go skiing in (the) winter → me gusta ir a esquiar en invierno
in the winter of 1998 → en el invierno de 1998
a winter's day → un día de invierno
B. VI → invernar
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
winter
[ˈwɪntər] modif [months, nights, solstice, season, sun, crops, vegetables] → d'hiver
vi → hivernerwinter blues npl → dépression f saisonnièrewinter clothes npl → vêtements mpl d'hiverWinter Olympics npl → Jeux mpl olympiques d'hiverwinter sports npl → sports mpl d'hiver
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
winter
n (lit, fig) → Winter m
adj attr → Winter-
vi → überwintern, den Winter verbringen
winter
:Winter Olympics
pl → Winterolympiade f
winter quarters
pl → Winterquartier nt
winter resort
n → Winterkurort m, → Winterurlaubsort m
winter sales
pl → Winterschlussverkauf m
winter solstice
n → Wintersonnenwende f
winter sports
pl → Wintersport m
winter term
n (Univ) → Wintersemester nt
wintertime
n → Winter m; (for clocks) → Winterzeit f
winterweight
adj clothes → Winter-
winter wheat
n (Agr) → Winterweizen m
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
winter
[ˈwɪntəʳ]1. n → inverno
in winter → d'inverno, in inverno
the winter of 1981 → l'inverno del 1981
it's winter → è inverno
in winter → d'inverno, in inverno
the winter of 1981 → l'inverno del 1981
it's winter → è inverno
2. adj (clothes, weather, day) → invernale, d'inverno
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
winter
(ˈwintə) noun the coldest season of the year. We often have snow in winter; (also adjective) winter evenings.
ˈwintry adjective like winter in being very cold. a wintry day; wintry weather.
ˈwintriness nounwinter sports
sports played in the open air on snow and ice, eg skiing, tobogganing etc.
ˈwintertime noun the season of winter.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
winter
→ الشِّتَاء zima vinter Winter χειμώνας invierno talvi hiver zima inverno 冬 겨울 winter vinter zima inverno зима vinter ฤดูหนาว kış mùa đông 冬天Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
winter
n. invierno.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
winter
n invierno; — itch sequedad f de la piel con comezón que ocurre generalmente en el inviernoEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.