season

A season is one of the four division in a calendar year, the best time to do something or when something typically happens. (noun)

An example of season is winter.
An example of season is football games being played from the beginning of September to February.

To season means to add herbs and spices to make food more tasty. (verb)

An example of to season is adding fresh herbs to a dish.

See season in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

any of the four arbitrary divisions of the year, characterized chiefly by differences in temperature, precipitation, amount of daylight, and plant growth; spring, summer, fall (or autumn), or winter
a time or part of the year during which a specified kind of agricultural work is done or a specified kind of weather prevails: the harvest season, the rainy season
the time when something specified flourishes, develops, takes place, or is popular, permitted, or at its best: the opera season, the hunting season
a period of time: a slack season in business
the suitable, fitting, or convenient time
the period of time during which a specified festival or holiday occurs: the Christmas season
Obsolete something that seasons

transitive verb

to make (food) more tasty by adding salt, spices, etc.
to add zest or interest to: to season a lecture with humor
1. to make more suitable for use; improve the quality of, as by aging, drying, etc.; cure; mature: to season lumber
2. to give (an athlete, actor, etc.) experience to increase skill: many tours seasoned him as an actor
to make used to; accustom; inure; acclimate: seasoned to a hard life
to make less harsh or severe; temper; soften: discipline seasoned with kindness

intransitive verb

to become seasoned, as wood by drying

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See season in American Heritage Dictionary 4

(sēˈzən)

noun

a. One of the four natural divisions of the year, spring, summer, fall, and winter, in the North and South Temperate zones. Each season, beginning astronomically at an equinox or solstice, is characterized by specific meteorological or climatic conditions.
b. The two divisions of the year, rainy and dry, in some tropical regions.
A recurrent period characterized by certain occurrences, occupations, festivities, or crops: the holiday season; tomato season.
A suitable, natural, or convenient time: a season for merriment.
A period of time: gone for a season.

verb sea·soned, sea·son·ing, sea·sons

verb, transitive

To improve or enhance the flavor of (food) by adding salt, spices, herbs, or other flavorings.
To add zest, piquancy, or interest to: seasoned the lecture with jokes.
To treat or dry (lumber, for example) until ready for use; cure.
To render competent through trial and experience: a lawyer who had been seasoned by years in the trial courts.
To accustom or inure; harden: troops who had been seasoned in combat. See Synonyms at harden.
To moderate; temper.

verb, intransitive

To become usable, competent, or tempered.

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