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wintered

wintered is the simple past and past participle of winter.

Meaning of winter

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) To spend the winter (in a particular place).
    • She had summered in England and France and Germany and Switzerland. She had wintered in Italy and Egypt and India and Spain.1930, Margaret Ayer Barnes, Years of Grace, Part III, Chapter II, page 282
  2. (transitive) To store something (for instance animals) somewhere over winter to protect it from cold.

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Phrases with wintered

Questions about wintered

What is wintered the simple past and past participle of?
Wintered is the simple past and past participle of winter.

Words near wintered in the dictionary

  1. wintercreepers
  2. wintercress
  3. wintercresses
  4. winterdress
  5. Winterdyke
  6. wintered
  7. winterer
  8. winterers
  9. winterfat
  10. winterfats
  11. winterfed

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