The coldest season of the year, in the N.hemisphere from December to February and in the S. hemispherefrom June to August.
Astron. the period from the wintersolstice to the vernal equinox.
A bleak or lifeless period orregion etc. (nuclear winter).
Poet. a year (esp. of aperson's age) (a man of fifty winters).
(attrib.) acharacteristic of or suitable for winter (winter light; winterclothes). b (of fruit) ripening late or keeping until or duringwinter. c (of wheat or other crops) sown in autumn forharvesting the following year.
V.
Intr. (usu. foll. by at,in) pass the winter (likes to winter in the Canaries).
Tr.keep or feed (plants, cattle) during winter.
Winterer n.winterless adj. winterly adj. [OE f. Gmc, prob. rel. to WET]
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