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Summer is the warm season of the year.

(noun)

An example of summer in the United States are the months of June, July and August.

To summer is to spend your summer months (June-August) at a particular vacation destination.

(verb)

An example of summer is when you spend each summer vacation in the Hamptons.

See summer in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

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
a year as reckoned by this season: a youth of sixteen summers
any period of growth, development, fulfillment, perfection, etc.

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

adjective

of or typical of summer
designed for or taking place during summer: summer activities

intransitive verb

to pass the summer

transitive verb

to keep, feed, or maintain during the summer

noun

a large, horizontal, supporting beam or girder
lintel
the capstone of a column supporting an arch or lintel

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

See summer in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

The usually warmest season of the year, occurring between spring and autumn and constituting June, July, and August in the Northern Hemisphere, or, as calculated astronomically, extending from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox.
A period of fruition, fulfillment, happiness, or beauty.
A year: a girl of 13 summers.

verb sum·mered, sum·mer·ing, sum·mers

verb, transitive

To lodge or keep during the summer: summered the herd in the south meadow.

verb, intransitive

To pass the summer: They summered at a beach resort.

adjective

Of, having to do with, occurring in, or appropriate to the season of summer: summer heat; summer attire.
Grown during the season of summer: summer crops.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English sumer

Origin: , from Old English sumor; see sem-² in Indo-European roots

Related Forms:

sumˈmer·ly adverb & adj.

noun

A heavy horizontal timber that serves as a supporting beam, especially for the floor above.
A lintel.
A large, heavy stone usually set on the top of a column or pilaster to support an arch or lintel.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English, beam, pack animal

Origin: , from Anglo-Norman sumer

Origin: , from Vulgar Latin *saumārius

Origin: , from Late Latin sagmārius, pertaining to a packsaddle, packhorse

Origin: , from sagma, packsaddle; see sumpter

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