Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To remain alive through the winter.
- intransitive verb To pass or spend the winter.
- adjective Occurring during the period of winter.
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- verb transitive To keep or preserve for the winter.
- verb intransitive To spend the winter (in a particular place).
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- verb spend the winter
Etymologies
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Examples
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So the problem is, do I dig it up and "overwinter" it inside or do I turn her lose on the world and see if she's hardy enough to make it on her own?
Archive 2007-10-01 Field Notes 2007
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So the problem is, do I dig it up and "overwinter" it inside or do I turn her lose on the world and see if she's hardy enough to make it on her own?
Pragmatic Solutions Field Notes 2007
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Frost used to kill them off, but now they "overwinter" and produce more generations each year as they go.
A Convenient Untruth Shnayerson, Michael 2007
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Millions of the orange and black-winged insects migrate to the Oyamel fir forest in Mexico to overwinter, he said, noting that 'overwinter' is a term that refers to the winter migration of butterflies and other critters.
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"There will be a small percentage of animals that will" overwinter "within the bays, utilizing the deeper holes as a thermal refuge when temperatures drop precipitously.
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"There will be a small percentage of animals that will" overwinter "within the bays, utilizing the deeper holes as a thermal refuge when temperatures drop precipitously.
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"There will be a small percentage of animals that will" overwinter "within the bays, utilizing the deeper holes as a thermal refuge when temperatures drop precipitously.
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"There will be a small percentage of animals that will" overwinter "within the bays, utilizing the deeper holes as a thermal refuge when temperatures drop precipitously.
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"There will be a small percentage of animals that will" overwinter "within the bays, utilizing the deeper holes as a thermal refuge when temperatures drop precipitously.
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"There will be a small percentage of animals that will" overwinter "within the bays, utilizing the deeper holes as a thermal refuge when temperatures drop precipitously.
bilby commented on the word overwinter
"Onions growing from onion sets, left in the garden in the fall will often overwinter and grow new tender, little stalks very early in the spring."
- Gene Logsdon, The gentle art of non-gardening, energybulletin.net, 20 May 2009.
May 22, 2009