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Definition of winter verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

winter

verb

NAmE//ˈwɪntər//

[intransitive] (+ adv./prep.)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they winter

he / she / it winters

past simple wintered

-ing form wintering

to spend the winter somewhere Many birds winter in the South. Increasing numbers of retired people are wintering abroad. compare overwinter

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