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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

/ 藞蝉蕦尘蓹 /

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

鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 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

鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

summer

2

/ 藞蝉蕦尘蓹 /

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
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藞蝉耻尘尘别谤-藢濒颈办别, adjective
  • 藞蝉耻尘尘别谤颈苍别蝉蝉, noun
  • 藞蝉耻尘尘别谤测, adjective
  • 藞蝉耻尘尘别谤濒别蝉蝉, adjective
  • 藞蝉耻尘尘别谤濒测, adjectiveadverb
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 蝉耻尘顎僲别谤路濒别蝉蝉 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 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 鈥渟耻尘尘别谤鈥; akin to Sanskrit 蝉谩尘腻 鈥渟eason, half-year, year,鈥 Old Irish sam-, Old Welsh ham, Welsh haf 鈥渟耻尘尘别谤鈥

Origin of summer2

First recorded in 1275鈥1325; Middle English somer, from Anglo-French; Old French somier 鈥減ackhorse, beam,鈥 from unattested Vulgar Latin 蝉补耻尘腻谤颈耻蝉, equivalent to Latin sagm(a) 鈥減acksaddle鈥 (from Greek 蝉谩驳尘补 ) + -腻谤颈耻蝉 noun suffix; -ary, -er 2
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of summer1

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

Origin of summer2

C14: from Anglo-Norman somer, from Old French somier beam, packhorse, from Late Latin 蝉补驳尘腻谤颈耻蝉 ( equus ) pack(horse), from sagma a packsaddle, from Greek
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But while it may be tempting to explore, the SS Vina becomes a death trap at high tide, as it was in the case of a man last summer.

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EDMONTON, Canada 鈥 Stop me if you鈥檝e heard this before, but the summer is starting early for the Kings after a first-round playoff loss to the Edmonton Oilers.

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In recent interviews, including one published by Gallup last summer during the presidential campaign, he has delicately handled questions about Trump, opting instead to tout his belief in the unifying role of education.

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The 33-year-old will be disappearing for good when his City contract expires in the summer, but here he was able to enjoy another deserved moment in the limelight - his penultimate game at the Etihad.

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Six decades on, though, can a new movie from Sagan鈥檚 summer tale capture that same breezy intrigue?

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