overwinter

English

Etymology

Old English

Pronunciation

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Verb

overwinter (third-person singular simple present overwinters, present participle overwintering, simple past and past participle overwintered)

1. (transitive) To keep or preserve for the winter.

   It is best to overwinter tender plants indoors.

2. (intransitive) To spend the winter (in a particular place).

   Insects may overwinter in fallen fruit if it is not removed.

Translations

to keep or preserve for the winter

• Dutch: laten overwinteren (nl)
• German: überwintern (de)

• Scottish Gaelic: geamhraich (gd)
• Spanish: invernar (es)

to spend the winter (in a particular place)

• Dutch: overwinteren (nl)
• Finnish: talvehtia (fi)

• German: überwintern (de)
• Scottish Gaelic: geamhraich (gd)
• Spanish: hibernar (es), invernar (es)

Anagrams

• winterover