Definition of winter

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Winter (v. i.) To pass the winter; to hibernate; as, to winter in Florida..

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Winter-ground :: Winter-ground (v. t.) To coved over in the season of winter, as for protection or shelter; as, to winter-ground the roods of a plant..
Pearmain :: Pearmain (n.) The name of several kinds of apples; as, the blue pearmain, winter pearmain, and red pearmain..
Wintery :: Wintery (a.) Wintry.
Autumn :: Autumn (n.) The third season of the year, or the season between summer and winter, often called the fall. Astronomically, it begins in the northern temperate zone at the autumnal equinox, about September 23, and ends at the winter solstice, about December 23; but in popular language, autumn, in America, comprises September, October, and November..
Snowbird :: Snowbird (n.) Any finch of the genus Junco which appears in flocks in winter time, especially J. hyemalis in the Eastern United States; -- called also blue snowbird. See Junco..
Winter-rig :: Winter-rig (v. t.) To fallow or till in winter.
Brumal :: Brumal (a.) Of or pertaining to winter.
Evergreen :: Evergreen (a.) Remaining unwithered through the winter, or retaining unwithered leaves until the leaves of the next year are expanded, as pines cedars, hemlocks, and the like..
Open :: Open (a.) Not of a quality to prevent communication, as by closing water ways, blocking roads, etc.; hence, not frosty or inclement; mild; -- used of the weather or the climate; as, an open season; an open winter..
Weasel :: Weasel (n.) Any one of various species of small carnivores belonging to the genus Putorius, as the ermine and ferret. They have a slender, elongated body, and are noted for the quickness of their movements and for their bloodthirsty habit in destroying poultry, rats, etc. The ermine and some other species are brown in summer, and turn white in winter; others are brown at all seasons..
Wintered :: Wintered (imp. & p. p.) of Winte.
Savoy :: Savoy (n.) A variety of the common cabbage (Brassica oleracea major), having curled leaves, -- much cultivated for winter use..
Shortness :: Shortness (n.) The quality or state of being short; want of reach or extension; brevity; deficiency; as, the shortness of a journey; the shortness of the days in winter; the shortness of an essay; the shortness of the memory; a shortness of provisions; shortness of breath..
Winterkilled :: Winterkilled (imp. & p. p.) of Winterkil.
Hutch :: Hutch (v. t. & i.) To place in huts; to live in huts; as, to hut troops in winter quarters..
Gaultheria :: Gaultheria (n.) A genus of ericaceous shrubs with evergreen foliage, and, often, edible berries. It includes the American winter-green (Gaultheria procumbens), and the larger-fruited salal of Northwestern America (Gaultheria Shallon)..
Midwinter :: Midwinter (n.) The middle of winter.
Low :: Low (superl.) Near the horizon; as, the sun is low at four o'clock in winter, and six in summer..
Silo :: Silo (n.) A pit or vat for packing away green fodder for winter use so as to exclude air and outside moisture. See Ensilage.
Perennial :: Perennial (n.) A perennial plant; a plant which lives or continues more than two years, whether it retains its leaves in winter or not..
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