Winter
noun
The coldest season of the year, typically from December to February.
It snows a lot in winter.
verb
Spend the winter in a particular place.
Many birds winter in warmer regions.
noun
The years of a person's age measured in winters.
He is seventy winters old.
Usage tips
Literary
verb
Keep in a certain condition, situation, or place during the winter.
The animals are wintered in barns to protect them from the cold.
noun
The coldest season of the year, typically from December to February.
It snows a lot in winter.
verb
Spend the winter in a particular place.
Many birds winter in warmer regions.
noun
The years of a person's age measured in winters.
He is seventy winters old.
Usage tips
Literary
verb
Keep in a certain condition, situation, or place during the winter.
The animals are wintered in barns to protect them from the cold.
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Seasonal Mood
Winter can imply dreariness or quiet beauty, often used metaphorically for darker times.
Some say life's winter brings wisdom.
Pro Tip 2/3Holiday Associations
In many cultures, winter is associated with holidays such as Christmas and New Year.
The city was festive in winter.
Pro Tip 3/3Winter Activities
Activities like skiing or snowball fights are specific to winter in many places.
They went skiing every winter.
Pro Tip 1/3Seasonal Mood
Winter can imply dreariness or quiet beauty, often used metaphorically for darker times.
Some say life's winter brings wisdom.
Pro Tip 2/3Holiday Associations
In many cultures, winter is associated with holidays such as Christmas and New Year.
The city was festive in winter.
Pro Tip 3/3Winter Activities
Activities like skiing or snowball fights are specific to winter in many places.
They went skiing every winter.
Pro Tip 1/3Seasonal Mood
Winter can imply dreariness or quiet beauty, often used metaphorically for darker times.
Some say life's winter brings wisdom.
Pro Tip 2/3Holiday Associations
In many cultures, winter is associated with holidays such as Christmas and New Year.
The city was festive in winter.
Pro Tip 3/3Winter Activities
Activities like skiing or snowball fights are specific to winter in many places.
They went skiing every winter.
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The colossal consequences...
react in the stratosphere, blocking out solar radiation and drastically cooling the atmosphere below. The resulting volcanic winter, along with other effects such as acid rain, can effect multiple continents, disrupting natural cycles and annihilating the plant life on which other organisms,
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A simple way to break a...
Sounded simple enough. Yet I'd sit on these silent retreats, sweating through T-shirts in the middle of winter. I'd take naps every chance I got because it was really hard work. Actually, it was exhausting. The instruction was simple enough but I was missing something really important.
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Snow DNA Reveals New Way...
to make that tool available for anyone across the world so this all came from a collaborative meeting with geneticist with carnivore researchers with the EDA program and we were all kind of talking about plans for winter sampling how the
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How an Arctic Squirrel...
An arctic ground squirrel. He spends his entire winter asleep. Out like a light for eight months straight the longest, deepest hibernation of any animal on earth. This extreme lifestyle can only be seen using a special filming burrow.
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Why We Need To Talk Shit...
I remember that winter as uncharacteristically cold without gas to heat homes and in a city known for late nights everyone returned early to homes without lights six years later after finishing graduate school I moved to
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Arctic Fox Snatches Snow...
but the mother has given her cubs the best possible start in life. The geese will continue grazing the tundra until the summer ends and they're forced to head south for the winter.
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Penguin Chicks Struggle...
The mother sees her chick for the first time. She's keen to start parenting but the father needs persuading to surrender the chick he's been caring for all winter.
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Filming Antarctica's...
i'm catherine jeffs and i was down in antarctica for the original frozen planet series filming for my winter episode it was really important for us to
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Wolf Pack Hunts Buffalo...
during the winter the Buffalo will have to break trail running through the deep snow they tire more quickly than the wolves
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A Collection Of Wild...
time she's keen to start parenting but the father needs persuading to surrender the chick he's been caring for all winter
Video examples
The colossal consequences...
react in the stratosphere, blocking out solar radiation and drastically cooling the atmosphere below. The resulting volcanic winter, along with other effects such as acid rain, can effect multiple continents, disrupting natural cycles and annihilating the plant life on which other organisms,
Video examples
A simple way to break a...
Sounded simple enough. Yet I'd sit on these silent retreats, sweating through T-shirts in the middle of winter. I'd take naps every chance I got because it was really hard work. Actually, it was exhausting. The instruction was simple enough but I was missing something really important.
Video examples
Snow DNA Reveals New Way...
to make that tool available for anyone across the world so this all came from a collaborative meeting with geneticist with carnivore researchers with the EDA program and we were all kind of talking about plans for winter sampling how the
Video examples
How an Arctic Squirrel...
An arctic ground squirrel. He spends his entire winter asleep. Out like a light for eight months straight the longest, deepest hibernation of any animal on earth. This extreme lifestyle can only be seen using a special filming burrow.
Video examples
Why We Need To Talk Shit...
I remember that winter as uncharacteristically cold without gas to heat homes and in a city known for late nights everyone returned early to homes without lights six years later after finishing graduate school I moved to
Video examples
Arctic Fox Snatches Snow...
but the mother has given her cubs the best possible start in life. The geese will continue grazing the tundra until the summer ends and they're forced to head south for the winter.
Video examples
Penguin Chicks Struggle...
The mother sees her chick for the first time. She's keen to start parenting but the father needs persuading to surrender the chick he's been caring for all winter.
Video examples
Filming Antarctica's...
i'm catherine jeffs and i was down in antarctica for the original frozen planet series filming for my winter episode it was really important for us to
Video examples
Wolf Pack Hunts Buffalo...
during the winter the Buffalo will have to break trail running through the deep snow they tire more quickly than the wolves
Video examples
A Collection Of Wild...
time she's keen to start parenting but the father needs persuading to surrender the chick he's been caring for all winter
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Quote examples
Jean-Eric Vergne
French Driver
Being critical of yourself is important sometimes: not during the season, because you need to be confident, but during the winter, it's always a good time to look at yourself in the mirror and say, 'This, this, and this I need to improve.' That's how it is.
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Black Elk
Leader
My friend, I am going to tell you the story of my life, as you wish; and if it were only the story of my life I think I would not tell it; for what is one man that he should make much of his winters, even when they bend him like a heavy snow?
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Quentin Crisp
English Writer
There are three reasons for becoming a writer: the first is that you need the money; the second that you have something to say that you think the world should know; the third is that you can't think what to do with the long winter evenings.
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Steve Finley
American Athlete
I just love putting on the uniform; it's what I have done since I was 6 or 7 years old. It's the life I know. If I didn't love the life of baseball, I wouldn't work out like I do every winter.
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John Trudell
American Author
I have experienced within my own lifetime the attack of my winter camp and the killing of the women and children. It left me even angrier than I was - and I was never too calm to begin with.
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Valentino Rossi
Italian Athlete
The work that we do during the winter is very important; we have a new bike and it's important to develop it during this time, and we start with this test.
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Stan Wawrinka
Swiss Athlete
I was never afraid of getting up early and practice for many hours. I often go to practice very early during winter.
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Asdrubal Cabrera
Venezuelan Athlete
It was very important for me to play winter ball. It was very important for me, my arm, and my whole body.
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Gunnar Peterson
American Businessman
The summer months should motivate you to stay in shape during the winter months.
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Hal Borland
American Author
No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn.
Quote examples
Jean-Eric Vergne
French Driver
Being critical of yourself is important sometimes: not during the season, because you need to be confident, but during the winter, it's always a good time to look at yourself in the mirror and say, 'This, this, and this I need to improve.' That's how it is.
Quote examples
Black Elk
Leader
My friend, I am going to tell you the story of my life, as you wish; and if it were only the story of my life I think I would not tell it; for what is one man that he should make much of his winters, even when they bend him like a heavy snow?
Quote examples
Quentin Crisp
English Writer
There are three reasons for becoming a writer: the first is that you need the money; the second that you have something to say that you think the world should know; the third is that you can't think what to do with the long winter evenings.
Quote examples
Steve Finley
American Athlete
I just love putting on the uniform; it's what I have done since I was 6 or 7 years old. It's the life I know. If I didn't love the life of baseball, I wouldn't work out like I do every winter.
Quote examples
John Trudell
American Author
I have experienced within my own lifetime the attack of my winter camp and the killing of the women and children. It left me even angrier than I was - and I was never too calm to begin with.
Quote examples
Valentino Rossi
Italian Athlete
The work that we do during the winter is very important; we have a new bike and it's important to develop it during this time, and we start with this test.
Quote examples
Stan Wawrinka
Swiss Athlete
I was never afraid of getting up early and practice for many hours. I often go to practice very early during winter.
Quote examples
Asdrubal Cabrera
Venezuelan Athlete
It was very important for me to play winter ball. It was very important for me, my arm, and my whole body.
Quote examples
Gunnar Peterson
American Businessman
The summer months should motivate you to stay in shape during the winter months.
Quote examples
Hal Borland
American Author
No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn.
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