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The season of the year in which the sun shines most obliquely upon any region; the coldest season of the year.

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  1. n. The season of the year in which the sun shines most obliquely upon any region; the coldest season of the year.
  2. n. The period of decay, old age, death, or the like.
  3. v. i. To pass the winter; to hibernate; as, to winter in Florida.
  4. v. i. To keep, feed or manage, during the winter; as, to winter young cattle on straw.
  5. n. the coldest season of the year; in the Northern Hemisphere it extends from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox
  6. v. spend the winter
  7. To pass the winter; to hibernate; as, to winter in Florida.Because the haven was not commodious to winter in, the more partadvised to depart thence. Acts xxvii. 12.
  8. v:2/n:98 n. the coldest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox v. spend the winter