oversummer

English

Etymology

over- +‎ summer

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌəʊ.vəˈsʌm.ə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌoʊ.vɚˈsʌm.ɚ/

Verb

oversummer (third-person singular simple present oversummers, present participle oversummering, simple past and past participle oversummered)

1. (intransitive) To spend the summer (in a particular place or form).
   • 1976, Subodh K. Jain, Vernal Pools: Their Ecology and Conservation:

     The snails (Bakerilymnaea cockerelli) oversummer in the adult or near-adult morphology using a form of estivation.

   • 1998, D.G. Jones, The Epidemiology of Plant Diseases, →ISBN, page 336:

     Both powdery mildew and cereal rusts oversummer on volunteer crops in the asexual stage, infect the autumn-sown crop and, eventually, overwinter on the volunteers to infect the crops in spring (Zadoks, 1961).

   • 2010, Mark A. Colwell, Shorebird Ecology, Conservation, and Management, →ISBN, page 211:

     In the Pacific Golden-Plover, some individuals oversummer in the tropics as yearlings and 2-year olds^[sic] (Johnson and Johnson 1983).

   • 2013, Alice Taylor, The Gift of a Garden, →ISBN:

     Dragged down in early winter from the top of the garden where they oversummer, they are placed on the front window sills looking sad and forlorn.

Coordinate terms

• overwinter

See also

• sunbird