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in-winter

in-winter verb: to keep (livestock) indoors during harsh weather.

Verb

in-winter (third-person singular simple present in-winters, present participle in-wintering, simple past and past participle in-wintered)

  1. (transitive) To keep (livestock) indoors during harsh weather.

Antonyms of in-winter

Forms of in-winter

third-person singular presentin-winters
present participlein-wintering
past participlein-wintered
pastin-wintered
alternative forminwinter

Words formed from in-winter

  • in-wintered
  • in-wintering

Questions about in-winter

What does in-winter mean?
In-winter means to keep (livestock) indoors during harsh weather.
What part of speech is in-winter?
In-winter is a verb.
What is the past tense of in-winter?
The past tense of in-winter is in-wintered.

Words near in-winter in the dictionary

  1. in-vitro
  2. in-vitro fertilisation
  3. in-vitro fertilisations
  4. in-vitro fertilization
  5. in-vitro fertilizations
  6. in-winter
  7. in-world
  8. in-yer-face
  9. in-your-face
  10. in.
  11. INA

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