Meaning of winter | Babel Free

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1. A surname from the Germanic languages.
   countable
2. Traditionally the fourth of the four seasons, typically regarded as spanning either the period between the winter solstice to the spring equinox, or the months of December, January, and February in temperate and polar regions of the Northern Hemisphere and the months of June, July, and August in the Southern Hemisphere. It is the time when the sun is lowest in the sky, resulting in short days, and the time of year with the lowest atmospheric temperatures for the region.
   countable, uncountable
3. Alternative letter-case form of winter.
   alt-of, countable, uncountable
4. To lodge, keep, or care for during the winter: wintering the sheep in the stable.
5. first-person singular present indicative of invernar
6. A unisex given name.
   countable
7. The period of decay, old age, death, or the like.
   countable, figuratively, poetic, uncountable
8. The usually coldest season of the year, occurring between autumn and spring. In the Northern Hemisphere, it extends from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox.
9. A placename:
   countable, uncountable
10. An unincorporated community in the Rural Municipality of Senlac, No. 411, Saskatchewan, Canada.
    countable, uncountable
11. Someone with dark skin, eyes and hair, seen as best suited to certain colors of clothing.
    countable
12. the coldest season of the year. We often have snow in winter; (also adjective) winter evenings. winter شِتاء зима inverno zima; zimní der Winter, Winter-... vinter; vinter- χειμώνας, χειμωνιάτικοςinvierno talv زمستان talvi hiverחורף जाड़ा zima, zimski tél; (melléknévként:) téli musim dingin vetur inverno; d'inverno, invernale 冬 겨울 žiema ziema musim sejuk; musim salji wintervinter, vinter-zima inverno (de) iarnă зима zima; zimný zima; zimski zima vinter ฤดูหนาว kış 冬天 зима سردی mùa đông 冬天
    also adjective
13. An unincorporated community in Putnam County, West Virginia, United States.
    countable, uncountable
14. An appliance to be fixed on the front of a grate, to keep a kettle warm, etc.
    countable, obsolete, uncountable
15. like winter in being very cold. a wintry day; wintry weather. winteragtig شَتَوي зимен invernoso zimní, mrazivý winterlich vinter- κρύος, χειμωνιάτικοςinvernal talvine زمستانی talvinen hivernalחורפי ठंडा zimski télies sangat dingin vetrar-, vetrarlegur; kuldalegur invernale 冬らしい 겨울 같은 žiemos, ��altas ziemas-; salts; auksts sejuk; dingin; tidak bersemangat wintersvinterlig, vinteraktiglodowaty, zimowy invernoso hiber­nal, de iarnă; rece морозный zimný, mrazivý zimski zimski vintrig เกี่ยวกับฤด...
16. A small town and village in Sawyer County, Wisconsin, United States.
    countable, uncountable
17. The rainy season.
    India, archaic, countable, uncountable
18. winteragtigheid شَتَوِيَّه мразовитост inverno mrazivost die Kälte vinteragtighed χειμωνιά, κρύοfrialdad talvisus سرد talvisuus caractère hivernal חוֹרפִּיוּת ठंड zimsko doba téliesség keadaan dingin það að vera vetrarlegur/kuldalegur (freddo invernale) 寒さ 겨울 같음 šaltis saltums amat kesejukan het winters zijn det å være vinterlig, vinterstemning, kuldechłód inverno caracter hibernal морозность mrazivosť mraz zima vintrighet ความหนาวเย็น kışa benzerlik 寒冷 безрадісність سردی sự lạnh lẽo 寒冷
19. The personification of winter, wintertime.
    countable, uncountable
20. sports played in the open air on snow and ice, eg skiing, tobogganing etc. wintersport رِياضَه شَتَوِيَّه зимни спортове esportes de inverno zimní sporty der Wintersport vintersport χειμερινά σπορdeportes de invierno talisport ورزش زمستانی talviurheilu sports d'hiver סְפּוֹרט חוֹרֶף शरत खेल zimski sportovi téli sportok olahraga es vetraríþróttir sport invernali 冬季スポーツ 겨울 스포츠 žiemos sporto šakos ziemas sporta veidi sukan musim sejuk wintersporten vinteridrettsporty zimowe desporto de inverno s...
    eg
21. the season of winter. winter فَصْل الشِّتاء зимно време inverno zima die Winterzeit vinter; vintertid χειμώναςinvierno talv فصل زمستان talviaika hiver עוֹנַת הָחוֹרֶף शरतकाल zimsko doba télidő musim dingin vetur inverno 冬季 겨울철 žiema ziema; ziemas laiks musim sejuk wintervinter, vintersesongzima inverno iarnă зимний сезон zima zimski čas zimsko doba vinter, vintertid ฤดูหนาว kış mevsimi 冬季 зима جاڑے کا موسم mùa đông 冬季
22. invierno.
23. In the Northern Hemisphere, usually the coldest season of the year, occurring between autumn and spring and including the months of December, January, and February. In the Southern Hemisphere austral winter includes June, July, and August.
24. A year as expressed through the recurrence of the winter season.

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Examples

“Ne take noon hede to brynge togidere þe parties of þe boon þat is to-broken or dislocate, til viij. daies ben goon in þe wyntir, & v. in þe somer; for þanne it schal make quytture, and be sikir from swellynge; & þanne brynge togidere þe brynkis eiþer þe disiuncture after þe techynge þat schal be seid in þe chapitle of algebra.”

“And after summer evermore succeeds Barren winter, with his wrathful nipping cold.”

“It cannot be denied it [the chameleon] is (if not the moſt of any) a very abſtemious animall, and ſuch as by reaſon of its frigidity, paucity of bloud, and latitancy in the winter (about which time the obſervations are often made) will long ſubſist without a viſible ſuſtentation.”

“There shall he learn, ere sixteen winters old, That …”

“[…] a woman, tall, and strong of aspect, of some thirty winters by seeming, [...]”

“Life's autumn past, I stand on winter's verge.”

“Buterin seemed to sense that the market was out of balance, and he made a smart decision that helped Ethereum weather the crypto winter and continue to build while the market was down.”

“Note that the Citie of Goa is the principall place of all the Oriental India, and the winter thus beginneth the 15 of May, with very great raine.”

“The Winter heere beginneth about the first of Iune and dureth till the twentieth of September, but not with continuall raines as at Goa, but for some sixe or seuen dayes every change and full, with much wind, thunder and raine.”

“In Winter (when they rarely stir) they have a Mumjama, or Wax Cloth to throw over it […]”

“The mere breadth of these mountains divides summer from winter, that is to say, the season of fine weather from the rainy […] all that is meant by winter in India is the time of the year when the clouds […] are driven violently by the winds against the mountains, […]”

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