summer and winter

verb

To spend extended periods of time with; to test.

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Meanings

verbsummer and winter (third-person singular simple present summers and winters, present participle summering and wintering, simple past and past participle summered and wintered)

present singular third person summers and winters · participle present summering and wintering · participle past summered and wintered · past summered and wintered

  1. idiomatictransitiveTo spend extended periods of time with; to test.

    An even more important reason for the primary is that by "summering and wintering" these candidates, New Hampshire people, as representatives of the nation ....

    2004 January 25, “Once again, primary proves its worth”, in Concord Monitor
  2. idiomaticintransitiveTo endure.
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APA

summer and winter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/summer%20and%20winter

MLA

“summer and winter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/summer%20and%20winter. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “summer and winter,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/summer%20and%20winter.

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