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winter-kill

winter-kill verb: to kill by the effects of wintery conditions.

Verb

winter-kill (third-person singular simple present winter-kills, present participle winter-killing, simple past and past participle winter-killed)

  1. (transitive) To kill by the effects of wintery conditions
    • The lasting frost winter-killed more critters then all predation
  2. (intransitive) To die from the lethal effects of wintery conditions

Forms of winter-kill

third-person singular presentwinter-kills
present participlewinter-killing
past participlewinter-killed
pastwinter-killed

Words formed from winter-kill

Questions about winter-kill

What does winter-kill mean?
Winter-kill means to kill by the effects of wintery conditions.
What part of speech is winter-kill?
Winter-kill is a verb.
What is the past tense of winter-kill?
The past tense of winter-kill is winter-killed.

Words near winter-kill in the dictionary

  1. winter-bound
  2. winter-dress
  3. winter-feed
  4. winter-hained
  5. winter-hardy
  6. winter-kill
  7. winter-killed
  8. winter-killing
  9. winter-kills
  10. winter-over syndrome
  11. winter-over syndromes

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