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Meaning of 'summer' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Summer [ n.]
- A large stone or beam placed horizontally on columns, piers, posts, or the like, serving for various uses. Specifically: (a) The lintel of a door or window. (b) The commencement of a cross vault. (c) A central floor timber, as a girder, or a piece reaching from a wall to a girder. Called also summertree.
- The season of the year in which the sun shines most directly upon any region; the warmest period of the year.
2 . Summer [ v.]
- One who sums; one who casts up an account.
3 . Summer [ v. i.]
- To pass the summer; to spend the warm season; as, to summer in Switzerland.
4 . Summer [ v. t.]
- To keep or carry through the summer; to feed during the summer; as, to summer stock.

Meaning of 'summer' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . summer [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the period of finest development, happiness, or beauty
Example in sentence:
  • the golden summer of his life
Meaning (2):
- the warmest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox
Example in sentence:
  • they spent a lazy summer at the shore
3 . summer [ v]
Meaning (3):
- spend the summer
Example in sentence:
  • We summered in Kashmir

Nearby Words:

sum sumac sumach sumatran sumbul sumless summaries summarily summarist summarize

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