noun

1. the warmest season of the year: in the North Temperate Zone, generally regarded as including the months of June, July, and August: in the astronomical year, that period between the summer solstice and the autumnal equinox
2. a year as reckoned by this season a youth of sixteen summers
3. any period of growth, development, fulfillment, perfection, etc.

Etymology: ME sumer < OE sumor, akin to Ger sommer < IE base *sem-, summertime > Sans sámā, half year, season

adjective

1. of or typical of summer
2. designed for or taking place during summer summer activities

intransitive verb

transitive verb

noun

1. a large, horizontal, supporting beam or girder
2. lintel
3. the capstone of a column supporting an arch or lintel

Etymology: ME < OFr somier, pack horse < LL sagmarius, pack horse < sagma, pack saddle < Gr < base of sattein, to stuff