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summer

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[ suhm-er ]

noun

  1. the season between spring and autumn, in the Northern Hemisphere from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox, and in the Southern Hemisphere from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox.
  2. the period comprising the months of June, July, and August in the United States, and from the middle of May to the middle of August in Great Britain.
  3. a period of hot, usually sunny weather:

    We had no real summer last year.

  4. the hotter half of the year ( winter ):

    They spend the summers in New Hampshire and the winters in Florida.

  5. the period of finest development, perfection, or beauty previous to any decline:

    the summer of life.

  6. a whole year as represented by this season:

    a girl of fifteen summers.



adjective

  1. of, relating to, or characteristic of summer:

    Iced tea is a summer drink.

  2. appropriate for or done during the summer:

    summer clothes;

    summer sports.

  3. having the weather or warmth of summer:

    summer days in late October.

verb (used without object)

  1. to spend or pass the summer:

    They summered in Maine.

verb (used with object)

  1. to keep, feed, or manage during the summer:

    Sheep are summered in high pastures.

  2. to make summerlike.

summer

2

[ suhm-er ]

noun

  1. a principal beam or girder, as one running between girts to support joists.
  2. a stone laid upon a pier, column, or wall, from which one or more arches spring: usually molded or otherwise treated like the arch or arches springing from it.
  3. a beam or lintel.

summer

1

/ ˈʌə /

noun

  1. sometimes capital
    1. the warmest season of the year, between spring and autumn, astronomically from the June solstice to the September equinox in the N hemisphere and at the opposite time of year in the S hemisphere
    2. ( as modifier ) aestival

      summer flowers

      a summer dress

  2. the period of hot weather associated with the summer
  3. a time of blossoming, greatest happiness, etc
  4. poetic.
    a year represented by this season

    a child of nine summers

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. intr to spend the summer (at a place)
  2. tr to keep or feed (farm animals) during the summer

    they summered their cattle on the mountain slopes

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

summer

2

/ ˈʌə /

noun

  1. Also calledsummer tree a large horizontal beam or girder, esp one that supports floor joists
  2. another name for lintel
  3. a stone on the top of a column, pier, or wall that supports an arch or lintel
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈܳ-ˌ, adjective
  • ˈܳԱ, noun
  • ˈܳ, adjective
  • ˈܳ, adjective
  • ˈܳ, adjectiveadverb
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ܳm· adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of summer1

First recorded before 900; Middle English somer, Old English sumor; cognate with Dutch zomer, German Sommer, Old Norse sumar “sܳ”; akin to Sanskrit á “season, half-year, year,” Old Irish sam-, Old Welsh ham, Welsh haf “sܳ”

Origin of summer2

First recorded in 1275–1325; Middle English somer, from Anglo-French; Old French somier “packhorse, beam,” from unattested Vulgar Latin ܳܲ, equivalent to Latin sagm(a) “packsaddle” (from Greek á ) + noun suffix; -ary, -er 2
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of summer1

Old English sumor; related to Old Frisian sumur, Old Norse sumar, Old High German sumar, Sanskrit season

Origin of summer2

C14: from Anglo-Norman somer, from Old French somier beam, packhorse, from Late Latin ܲ ( equus ) pack(horse), from sagma a packsaddle, from Greek
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