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winter(2)(dictionary)
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Winter (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)
nuclear winter(encyclopedia)
In the Bleak Mid-Winter(dictionary)
winter 1, noun(dictionary)
winter 2, verb(dictionary)
winter solstice(dictionary)
winter sports(dictionary)

winter(2) (iou)



winter verb. LME.
[from the noun, orig. translating Latin hiemare, hibernare.]
verb intrans. Spend the winter; stay or reside (at a specified place) during the winter; (of animals) find or be provided with food and shelter in the winter. Also foll. by over, (Canad.) out. LME.
J. J. Audubon Enormous numbers of waterfowl wintered in its vast marshes.
verb trans.
a. Keep or maintain during the winter; esp. provide (animals) with food and shelter in the winter. Also foll. by over. LME.
Yachting World Yachts can be taken out of the water..and wintered..in the shed.
b. fig. Maintain (an opinion) through a period of trial. rare. Only in E17.
verb trans. Affect like winter, subject to wintry conditions; make wintry; chill, freeze. Chiefly fig. E17.