winter

Forms

1.The period of decay, old age, death, or the like.
- Life's autumn past, I stand on winter's verge.
- Buterin seemed to sense that the market was out of balance, and he made a smart decision that helped Ethereum weather the crypto winter and continue to build while the market was down.
2.Someone with dark skin, eyes and hair, seen as best suited to certain colors of clothing.
- In the summer, I go to the sea. In the winter, I go to the mountains.
3.Traditionally the fourth of the four seasons, typically regarded as spanning either the period between the winter solstice to the spring equinox, or the months of December, January, and February in temperate and polar regions of the Northern Hemisphere and 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.
- In the summer, I go to the sea. In the winter, I go to the mountains.
4.Alternative letter-case form of winter.
- In the summer, I go to the sea. In the winter, I go to the mountains.

1.To spend the winter (in a particular place).
- She had summered in England and France and Germany and Switzerland. She had wintered in Italy and Egypt and India and Spain.
- Those who seek to invade another country anywhere across the great Eurasian steppes are condemned eventually to winter in it.
2.To store something (for instance animals) somewhere over winter to protect it from cold.

Common· #1540

From Middle English winter, from Old English winter, from Proto-West Germanic *wintru, from Proto-Germanic *wintruz (“winter”).