<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>the cold season between autumn and spring in northern latitudes (in the Northern Hemisphere from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox; in the Southern Hemisphere from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox)</li><li>the months of December, January, and February in the U.S., and of November, December, and January in Great Britain</li><li>cold weather: a touch of winter in northern Florida</li><li>the colder half of the year (summer)</li><li>a whole year as represented by this season: a man of sixty winters</li><li>a period like winter, as the last or final period of life; a period of decline, decay, inertia, dreariness, or adversity</li></ul><p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>of, relating to, or characteristic of winter: a winter sunset</li><li>(of fruit and vegetables) of a kind that may be kept for use during the winter</li><li>planted in the autumn to be harvested in the spring or early summer: winter rye</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used without object) to spend or pass the winter: to winter in Italy</li><li>to keep, feed, or manage during the winter, as plants or cattle: plants wintering indoors</li></ul>