[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/winter/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [W](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/w/) / winter # winter noun (winter, winters); verb (winter — spend the winter, rare) «winter» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova. ## Everyday 1. The coldest season of the year, between autumn (fall) and spring. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/winter/#m1) 2. As a verb, to spend the winter somewhere: "Birds winter in the south." [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/winter/#m2) ### In the lessons In science, seasons come from the tilt of the Earth: winter is when your half of the Earth leans away from the Sun, so days are short and cold. In the Northern Hemisphere (USA, UK, Canada, Ireland) winter is December to February; in Australia and New Zealand it is June to August. Some animals hibernate or migrate. Phrases: in winter, winter coat, winter sports, mid-winter, wintry. ### Examples - Winter is the coldest season. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/winter/#x1) - It snows here in winter. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/winter/#x2) - Bears hibernate in winter. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/winter/#x3) - In Australia, winter is in June, July and August. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/winter/#x4) - Wear warm clothes in winter. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/winter/#x5) - The days are short in winter. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/winter/#x6) - Christmas is in winter in Canada, but in summer in New Zealand. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/winter/#x7) - Some birds fly south for the winter. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/winter/#x8) - A hard winter followed this summer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/winter/#x9) ### Note Season names are not capitalised in English: "winter", not "Winter". Seasons are opposite in the north and south of the Earth. Winter is not cold because the Earth is farther from the Sun; it is because of the tilt. ## In Jewish tradition Interpretation: God's promise after the Flood that the seasons will never stop is read as a promise that the order of nature will last. The rabbis taught that the world's rhythm depends on God's steady care. In the primary lessons: In science, seasons come from the tilt of the Earth: winter is when your half of the Earth leans away from the Sun, so days are short and cold. In the Northern Hemisphere (USA, UK, Canada, Ireland) winter is December to February; in Australia and New Zealand it is June to August. Some animals hibernate or migrate. Phrases: in winter, winter coat, winter sports, mid-winter, wintry. ### Examples - While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.' (Torah GEN.8.22, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/winter/#x1) - For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; (Writings SNG.2.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/winter/#x2) - Thou hast set all the borders of the earth; Thou hast made summer and winter. (Writings PSA.74.17, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/winter/#x3) - The sluggard will not plow when winter setteth in; therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing. (Writings PRO.20.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/winter/#x4) ### Note Season names are not capitalised in English: "winter", not "Winter". Seasons are opposite in the north and south of the Earth. Winter is not cold because the Earth is farther from the Sun; it is because of the tilt. ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «winter» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/winter/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«winter» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/winter.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «winter» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/winter/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«winter» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/winter.html) on Mova free.