[sum.mer] n [ME sumer, fr. OE sumor; akin to OHG & ON sumer summer, Skt sama year, season] (bef. 12c) 1: the season between spring and autumn comprising in the northern hemisphere usu. the months of June, July, and August or as reckoned astronomically extending from the June solstice to the September equinox
2: the warmer half of the year
3: year "a girl of seventeen ~s"
4: a period of maturing powers -- sum.mer.like adj
[2]summer adj (14c) 1: of, relating to, or suitable for summer "~ vacation" "a ~ home"
2: sown in the spring and harvested in the same year as sown "~ wheat"--compare winter [3]summer vb sum.mered ; sum.mer.ing vi (15c): to pass the summer ~ vt: to keep or carry through the summer; esp: to provide (as cattle or sheep) with pasture during the summer