Sekirov Dictionary

autumn

/ˈɔːtəm/

noun 3
verb 2
forms 3
phrases 1

noun3

•
the third season of the year, when the weather grows cooler and leaves fall from trees
- autumn leaves
•
The time period when someone or something is past its prime.
- She has beauty still, and if it be not in its heyday, it is not yet in its autumn. — 1853
A person with relatively dark hair and a warm skin tone, seen as best suited to certain colours in clothing.

verb2

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To spend the autumn (in a particular place).
- If Tad’s father and Tad had wintered, springed, summered, and autumned together for an hundred years instead of fifteen they could[…] — 1912
•
To (cause to) undergo the changes associated with autumn, such as leaves changing color and falling from trees.
- […]he himself roamed with innocent Kate through the fast autumning woods[…] — 1887

forms

autumned · autumning · autumns

Phrases with autumn

autumn romance
A romantic relationship which occurs in a later stage of life.

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