WINTER


Meaning of WINTER in English

/ ˈwɪntə(r); NAmE / noun , verb

■ noun

[ U , C ] the coldest season of the year, between autumn / fall and spring :

a mild / severe / hard winter

Our house can be very cold in (the) winter .

They worked on the building all through the winter.

We went to New Zealand last winter.

the winter months

a winter coat

IDIOMS

see dead noun

■ verb

[ v , usually + adv. / prep. ] to spend the winter somewhere :

Many British birds winter in Africa.

—compare overwinter

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WORD ORIGIN

Old English , of Germanic origin; related to Dutch winter and German Winter , probably also to wet .

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.