I. ˈsə-mər noun
Etymology: Middle English sumer, from Old English sumor; akin to Old High German & Old Norse sumer summer, Sanskrit samā year, season
Date: before 12th century
1. : the season between spring and autumn comprising in the northern hemisphere usually 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 summer s
4. : a period of maturing powers
• sum·mer·like -ˌlīk adjective
II. adjective
Date: 14th century
1. : of, relating to, or suitable for summer
summer vacation
a summer home
2. : sown in the spring and harvested in the same year as sown
summer wheat
— compare winter
III. verb
( sum·mered ; sum·mer·ing ˈsə-mə-riŋ, ˈsəm-riŋ)
Date: 15th century
intransitive verb
: to pass the summer
transitive verb
: to keep or carry through the summer ; especially : to provide (as cattle or sheep) with pasture during the summer