(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
Winter is the season between autumn and spring. In the ~ the weather is usually cold.
In ~ the nights are long and cold.
...the ~ months.
...the late ~ of 1941.
N-VAR
2.
If an animal or plant ~s somewhere or is ~ed there, it spends the ~ there.
The birds will ~ outside in an aviary...
The young seedlings are usually ~ed in a cold frame.
...one of the most important sites for ~ing wildfowl.
VERB: V adv/prep, be V-ed prep/adv, V-ing, also V n prep/adv
3.
If you ~ somewhere, you spend the ~ there. (FORMAL)
The family decided to ~ in Nice again.
VERB: V prep/adv