adj
Meaning 1
Occurring over the winter season.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
overwinter
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ˌəʊ.vəˈwɪn.tə/
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US: /ˌoʊ.vɚˈwɪn.tɚ/
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CMU ARPABET: OW2 V ER0 W IH1 N T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adv
Meaning 2
During the winter.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To keep or preserve for the winter.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- It is best to overwinter tender plants indoors.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
To spend the winter (in a particular place).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Examples
- Insects may overwinter in fallen fruit if it is not removed.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
spend the winter
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- We wintered on the Riviera
- Shackleton's men overwintered on Elephant Island
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: winter
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: spend, pass
History
Etymology
From over- + winter. Compare Dutch overwinteren, German überwintern.
Across languages
Translations
24 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Czech: přezimovat — to keep or preserve for the winter
- Dutch: laten overwinteren — to keep or preserve for the winter
- Finnish: talvettaa — to keep or preserve for the winter
- Georgian: გამოიზამთრებს (gamoizamtrebs) — to keep or preserve for the winter
- German: überwintern — to keep or preserve for the winter
- Japanese: 冬越しさせる (fuyugoshi saseru) — to keep or preserve for the winter
- Scottish Gaelic: geamhraich — to keep or preserve for the winter
- Spanish: invernar — to keep or preserve for the winter
- Welsh: gaeafu — to keep or preserve for the winter
- Azerbaijani: qışlamaq — to spend the winter (in a particular place)
- Catalan: hivernar — to spend the winter (in a particular place)
- Czech: přezimovat — to spend the winter (in a particular place)
- Dutch: overwinteren — to spend the winter (in a particular place)
- Finnish: talvehtia — to spend the winter (in a particular place)
- Georgian: გამოიზამთრებს (gamoizamtrebs) — to spend the winter (in a particular place)
- German: überwintern — to spend the winter (in a particular place)
- Japanese: 冬越しする (fuyugoshi suru) — to spend the winter (in a particular place)
- Russian: зимова́ть (zimovátʹ) — to spend the winter (in a particular place)
- Scottish Gaelic: geamhraich — to spend the winter (in a particular place)
- Spanish: hibernar — to spend the winter (in a particular place)
- Spanish: invernar — to spend the winter (in a particular place)
- Swedish: övervintra — to spend the winter (in a particular place)
- Welsh: gaeafu — to spend the winter (in a particular place)
- Welsh: bwrw'r gaeaf — to spend the winter (in a particular place)