Usually means: Enduring winter, often by resting.
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  1. wintering: Merriam-Webster
  2. wintering: Collins English Dictionary
  3. wintering: Vocabulary.com
  4. Wintering, wintering: Wordnik
  5. wintering: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. wintering: Wiktionary
  7. wintering: Dictionary.com
  8. Wintering: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. Wintering: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. Wintering: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. wintering: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  12. wintering: FreeDictionary.org
  13. wintering: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. wintering: Encyclopedia

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  1. wintering: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (wintering)

▸ noun:  The act of staying at a place throughout the winter.

Similar:
wintertime, wintery, wintry, staying, pernoctation, seasonalization, stowage, abidance, restorage, commoration, more...

Opposite:
summering, springing, autumning

Types:
hibernation, migration, estivation, more...

Adjectives:
over, successful, first, outdoor, better, second, waterfowl, safe, indoor, cellar, long

Colors:
    ice blue,     pine green,     midnight blue,     silver,     charcoal, more...



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Similar:
wintertime, wintery, wintry, staying, pernoctation, seasonalization, stowage, abidance, restorage, commoration, more...

Opposite:
summering, springing, autumning

Types:
hibernation, migration, estivation, more...

Adjectives:
over, successful, first, outdoor, better, second, waterfowl, safe, indoor, cellar, long

Colors:
    ice blue,     pine green,     midnight blue,     silver,     charcoal, more...



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