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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun In the Northern Hemisphere, the usually warmest season of the year, occurring between spring and autumn and constituting June, July, and August. In the Southern Hemisphere, it constitutes December, January, and February.
- noun The season extending from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox.
- noun A period of fruition, fulfillment, happiness, or beauty.
- noun A year.
- intransitive verb To lodge or keep during the summer.
- intransitive verb To pass the summer.
- adjective Relating to or occurring in summer.
- adjective Grown during the season of summer.
- noun A heavy horizontal timber that serves as a supporting beam, especially for the floor above.
- noun A lintel.
- noun A large, heavy stone usually set on the top of a column or pilaster to support an arch or lintel.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Middle English sumer, from Old English sumor; see sem- in Indo-European roots.]
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Middle English, beam, pack animal, from Anglo-Norman sumer, from Vulgar Latin *saumārius, from Late Latin sagmārius, pertaining to a packsaddle, packhorse, from sagma, packsaddle; see sumpter.]
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