Winters

[ win-terz ]

/ ˈwɪn tərz /

noun

Y·vor

[ahy-vawr] /ˈaɪ vɔr/,1900–68, U.S. poet and critic.

Definition for winters (2 of 2)

winter

[ win-ter ]

/ ˈwɪn tər /

noun

the cold season between autumn and spring in northern latitudes (in the Northern Hemisphere from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox; in the Southern Hemisphere from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox).

the months of December, January, and February in the U.S., and of November, December, and January in Great Britain.

cold weather: a touch of winter in northern Florida.

the colder half of the year (opposed to summer).

a whole year as represented by this season: a man of sixty winters.

a period like winter, as the last or final period of life; a period of decline, decay, inertia, dreariness, or adversity.

adjective

of, relating to, or characteristic of winter: a winter sunset.

(of fruit and vegetables) of a kind that may be kept for use during the winter.

planted in the autumn to be harvested in the spring or early summer: winter rye.

verb (used without object)

to spend or pass the winter: to winter in Italy.

to keep, feed, or manage during the winter, as plants or cattle: plants wintering indoors.

Origin of winter

before 900; (noun) Middle English, Old English; cognate with German Winter, Old Norse vetr, Gothic wintrus; (v.) Middle English, derivative of the noun; akin to wet, water

OTHER WORDS FROM winter

win·ter·er, noun win·ter·ish, adjective win·ter·ish·ly, adverb win·ter·less, adjective

Example sentences from the Web for winters

Winters uses that cataclysmic event to examine the slow deterioration of communal life in the face of annihilation.

What Would You Do if the World Was Over? |William O’Connor |August 5, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
For three days in a row, Yeager returned until she spotted Winters again and persuaded her to pose for a photo shoot.

The Queen of the Playboy Centerfolds |Nina Strochlic |May 31, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Fall and early summer are the ideal times to visit, in-between the bitter winters and the humidity of the hot August nights.

The Foodie Capital of Canada |Michele Willens |May 31, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Harvesting is continual and despite the cold local winters at headquarters, the food stays warm in the indoor fields.

America’s Next Agricultural Revolution Will Happen Indoors |Sarah Kunst |April 26, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

“This guy is a real challenge to the whole libertarian-leaning laissez-faire political idea,” says Winters of Francis.

How This Pope Is Remaking the GOP |Michelle Cottle |April 18, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
These conditions may be increased or diminished by earthquakes and mild winters.

Trails and Tramps in Alaska and Newfoundland |William S. Thomas
Then you think of the home-life in the long winters as dreary; but it is not so.

Wisdom, Wit, and Pathos of Ouida |Ouida
Longer and colder winters with shorter and hotter summers would seem more adapted to the growth of glaciers.

Human Origins |Samuel Laing
The long winters of snow; silence except when terrible storms broke over a roof like this.

Children of the Market Place |Edgar Lee Masters
We have a good deal severer winters here than we used to, or else I'm failing in bodily health.

Remarks |Bill Nye

British Dictionary definitions for winters

winter

/ (ˈwɪntə) /

noun

(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
(as modifier)winter pasture

the period of cold weather associated with the winter

a time of decline, decay, etc

mainly poetic a year represented by this season a man of 72 winters Related adjectives: brumal, hibernal, hiemal

verb

(intr) to spend the winter in a specified place

to keep or feed (farm animals, etc) during the winter or (of farm animals) to be kept or fed during the winter

Derived forms of winter

winterer, noun winterish or winter-like, adjective winterless, adjective

Word Origin for winter

Old English; related to Old Saxon, Old High German wintar, Old Norse vetr, Gothic wintrus

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Winters

noun

Definition for winters (2 of 2)

noun

adjective

verb (used without object)

Origin of winter

OTHER WORDS FROM winter

Example sentences from the Web for winters

British Dictionary definitions for winters

noun

verb

Derived forms of winter

Word Origin for winter

BROWSE DICTIONARY

Learning

Winters

noun

Definition for winters (2 of 2)

noun

adjective

verb (used without object)

Origin of winter

OTHER WORDS FROM winter

Words related to winters

Example sentences from the Web for winters

British Dictionary definitions for winters

noun

verb

Derived forms of winter

Word Origin for winter