oversummer

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UK/ˌəʊ.vəˈsʌm.ə/US/ˌoʊ.vɚˈsʌm.ɚ/

verb

To spend the summer (in a particular place or form).

Scrabble 17

Meanings

verboversummer (third-person singular simple present oversummers, present participle oversummering, simple past and past participle oversummered)

present singular third person oversummers · participle present oversummering · participle past oversummered · past oversummered

  1. intransitiveTo spend the summer (in a particular place or form).

    The snails (Bakerilymnaea cockerelli) oversummer in the adult or near-adult morphology using a form of estivation.

    1976, Subodh K. Jain, Vernal Pools: Their Ecology and Conservation
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    Both powdery mildew and cereal rusts oversummer on volunteer crops in the asexual stage, infect the autumn-sown crop and, eventually, overwinter on the volunteers to infect the crops in spring (Zadoks, 1961).

    1998, D.G. Jones, The Epidemiology of Plant Diseases, →ISBN, page 336

    In the Pacific Golden-Plover, some individuals oversummer in the tropics as yearlings and 2-year olds^([sic]) (Johnson and Johnson 1983).

    2010, Mark A. Colwell, Shorebird Ecology, Conservation, and Management, →ISBN, page 211

    Dragged down in early winter from the top of the garden where they oversummer, they are placed on the front window sills looking sad and forlorn.

    2013, Alice Taylor, The Gift of a Garden, →ISBN

Origin

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APA

oversummer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oversummer

MLA

“oversummer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oversummer. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “oversummer,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oversummer.

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