▸ noun: Traditionally the fourth of the four seasons, typically regarded as being from December to February in continental regions of the Northern Hemisphere or the months of June, July, and August in the Southern Hemisphere. It is the time when the sun is lowest in the sky, resulting in short days, and the time of year with the lowest atmospheric temperatures for the region. ▸ noun: (figuratively, poetic) The period of decay, old age, death, or the like. ▸ noun: (countable, fashion) Someone with dark skin, eyes and hair, seen as best suited to certain colors of clothing. ▸ noun: (obsolete) An appliance to be fixed on the front of a grate, to keep a kettle warm, etc. ▸ noun: (India, archaic) The rainy season. ▸ verb: (intransitive) To spend the winter (in a particular place). ▸ verb: (transitive) To store something (for instance animals) somewhere over winter to protect it from cold. ▸ noun: (countable) A surname from the Germanic languages. ▸ noun: (countable) A unisex given name ▸ noun: A placename ▸ noun: An unincorporated community in Senlac Rural Municipality No. 411, Saskatchewan, Canada. ▸ noun: An unincorporated community in Putnam County, West Virginia, United States. ▸ noun: A small town and village in Sawyer County, Wisconsin, United States. ▸ noun: The personification of winter, wintertime ▸ noun: (poetry) Alternative form of winter [Traditionally the fourth of the four seasons, typically regarded as being from December to February in continental regions of the Northern Hemisphere or the months of June, July, and August in the Southern Hemisphere. It is the time when the sun is lowest in the sky, resulting in short days, and the time of year with the lowest atmospheric temperatures for the region.]
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