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Definitions of winter

1. To care for during the winter; pass the winter; be affected by winter weather. The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language. By James Champlin Fernald. Published 1919.

2. To keep during the cold season. The Winston Simplified Dictionary. By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer. Published 1919.

3. To feed during winter. The american dictionary of the english language. By Daniel Lyons. Published 1899.

4. To pass the winter; to hibernate; as, to winter in Florida. Webster Dictionary DB

5. To keep, feed or manage, during the winter; as, to winter young cattle on straw. Webster Dictionary DB

6. To pass the months of the cold season; as, snakes winter in the ground. The Winston Simplified Dictionary. By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer. Published 1919.

7. spend the winter; "We wintered on the Riviera" Scrapingweb Dictionary DB

8. To pass the winter; to feed or manage during winter. Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language. By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H. Published 1874.

9. the coldest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox Wordnet Dictionary DB

10. The season of the year in which the sun shines most obliquely upon any region; the coldest season of the year. Webster Dictionary DB

11. The period of decay, old age, death, or the like. Webster Dictionary DB

12. The cold season of the year; cold weather; a period when vitality is low; as, old age is the winter of life. The Winston Simplified Dictionary. By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer. Published 1919.

13. The cold season of the year: the after-autumn. The american dictionary of the english language. By Daniel Lyons. Published 1899.

14. The cold season of the year; months of December, January, and February. The Clarendon dictionary. By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman. Published 1894.

15. The cold season of the year, commencing, astronomically, in the northern hemisphere, when the sun enters Capricorn, or at the solstice about the 21st of December, and ending at the equinox in March; but in ordinary discourse, confined to the three months of December, January, and February; a period resembling winter; the part of a printing-press which sustains the carriage. Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language. By Nuttall, P.Austin. Published 1914.

16. The fourth and coldest season of the year. Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language. By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H. Published 1874.

17. Pert. to a winter. Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language. By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H. Published 1874.

Usage examples for winter

1. She smiled, though it was winter in her heart. – The Valley of the Giants by Peter B. Kyne

2. Always bring on your cause in the winter months. – Newton Forster by Frederick Marryat