overwintering
English edit
Verb edit
overwintering
- present participle and gerund of overwinter
Noun edit
overwintering (countable and uncountable, plural overwinterings)
- The action of overwintering.
- (medicine) The survival of an infectious agent or its vector through the winter, during which time it does not infect a host.
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “overwintering”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From overwinteren + -ing.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
overwintering f (plural overwinteringen)
- The act or instance of spending the winter, overwintering.