summer
IPA: sˈʌmɝ
noun
- One of four seasons, traditionally the second, marked by the longest and typically hottest days of the year due to the inclination of the Earth and thermal lag. Typically regarded as being from June 21 to September 22 or 23 in parts of the USA, the months of June, July and August in the United Kingdom and the months of December, January and February in the Southern Hemisphere.
- (poetic or humorous) year; used to give the age of a person, usually a young one.
- (figuratively) Most flourishing, happy, or beautiful period; golden age, prime.
- (countable, fashion) Someone with light, pinkish skin that has a blue undertone, light hair and eyes, seen as best suited to certain colors of clothing.
- (architecture) A horizontal beam supporting a building.
- (obsolete) A pack-horse.
- A person who sums.
- A machine or algorithm that sums.
- (countable) A female given name from English of modern usage, from summer, the name of the season, often given to girls born in summer.
- (countable) A surname.
- (archaic or poetic) Alternative letter-case form of summer. [One of four seasons, traditionally the second, marked by the longest and typically hottest days of the year due to the inclination of the Earth and thermal lag. Typically regarded as being from June 21 to September 22 or 23 in parts of the USA, the months of June, July and August in the United Kingdom and the months of December, January and February in the Southern Hemisphere.]
verb
- (intransitive) To spend the summer, as in a particular place on holiday.
adjective
- the hottest season of the year
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