[
US
/ˈwɪntɝ/
]
[ UK /wˈɪntɐ/ ]
[ UK /wˈɪntɐ/ ]
VERB
-
spend the winter
Shackleton's men overwintered on Elephant Island
We wintered on the Riviera
NOUN
- the coldest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox
How To Use winter In A Sentence
- He specialized in moonlit and winter scenes, usually including a sheet of water and sometimes also involving the light of a fire, and he also painted sunsets and views at dawn or twilight.
- Typically, it comes in the wintertime, packing a lot of snow.
- Over the winter months we've been doing a great deal of clearing up on our part-neglected croft garden, grubbing out and shredding dead shrubs and cutting back those that have either grown too large or are crowding others.
- The little divil that stole the dog-team an 'wint over the Pass in the dead o' winter for to see where the world come to an ind on the ither side, just because old Matt McCarthy was afther tellin 'her fairy stories? CHAPTER I
- Spring,summer,autumn and winter are the four seasons.
- We're looking at some idea that it might be a colder than normal winter in the Northeast and Midwest.
- Winter is traditionally the dead season for the housing market.
- What of it if Winter has another snow-storm or two up his sleeve?I take my staff and fare forth to greet Spring with three dogs at my heels.
- Is winter finally over, or is this just a sneak preview?
- Though the population is still fragile, today as many as 1,000 birds overwinter in the state.