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American HeritageĀ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. v. To remain alive through the winter: sheep that overwintered on the steppe.
  2. v. To pass or spend the winter: We usually overwinter in the Bahamas.
  3. adj. Occurring during the period of winter.

Wiktionary

  1. v. transitive To keep or preserve for the winter.
  2. v. intransitive To spend the winter (in a particular place).

WordNet 3.0

  1. v. spend the winter

Etymologies

  1. Old English (Wiktionary)

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  • bilby "Onions growing from onion sets, left in the garden in the fall will often overwinter and grow new tender, little stalks very early in the spring."
    - Gene Logsdon, The gentle art of non-gardening, energybulletin.net, 20 May 2009. May 22, 2009

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