Sekirov Dictionary

summer

UK /ˈsʌmə/US /ˈsʌmɚ/

noun 8
verb 1
forms 3
phrases 3

noun8

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the season after spring, when the weather is hot and the days are long
- Gradually, the end of summer hove into sight.
- I'm going to the Gambia in the summer.
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(figurative) Most flourishing, happy, or beautiful period; golden age, prime.
- O! craving heart, for the lost flowers And sunshine of my summer hours! — 1829
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(literary, humorous) year; used to give the age of a person, usually a young one.
- He was barely eighteen summers old.
- She had seen not more than twenty summers.
Someone with light, pinkish skin that has a blue undertone, light hair and eyes, seen as best suited to certain colors of clothing.
A person who sums.
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A machine or algorithm that sums.
- A basic feedback system consists of ... and a summing point (comparator or summer). — 2014
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A horizontal beam supporting a building.
- And we are warned, that the foundation or maine summers of our houses faile and shrinke, when we see the quarters bend, or wals to breake. — 1603
(no longer used) A pack-horse.

verb1

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To spend the summer, as in a particular place on holiday.
- She had summered in England and France and Germany and Switzerland. She had wintered in Italy and Egypt and India and Spain. — 1930

forms

summered · summering · summers

Phrases with summer

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