Definition of OVERWINTER

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Verb The geese will overwinter in a warmer climate.

Recent Examples on the Web: Verb Several crewmen of the Belgica, the first ship to overwinter in the Antarctic in 1897, went insane, driven mad by the monotony and isolation. — National Geographic, "CREATE A FREE NAT GEO ACCOUNT TO CONTINUE READING," 26 May 2020 Like other social hive-making wasps and hornets, all workers will die with cold weather and the new queens will overwinter elsewhere, never reusing an old hive. — Ellen Nibali, baltimoresun.com, "Garden Q&A: On hornets that eat bark and replacing sick shade trees," 17 Oct. 2019 Best of all, the plants can be overwintered in the vegetable garden and used again, or incorporated into the garden. — Margaret Roach, New York Times, "How (and Why) to Use Native Plants," 15 May 2020 Brower and his colleagues had reported that within that time span, overwintering monarch populations had fallen steeply. — Gabriel Popkin, Scientific American, "What Is Really Killing Monarch Butterflies?," 1 Mar. 2020 In the late 1970s, after a long search, biologists discovered the tiny mountainside forests where monarchs were overwintering in Mexico. — Gabriel Popkin, Scientific American, "What Is Really Killing Monarch Butterflies?," 1 Mar. 2020 The population of monarch butterflies overwintering in California remains at critically low levels for a second straight year, an environmental group announced Thursday. — Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, "Monarch butterfly population at critically low levels in California," 24 Jan. 2020 Xerces Society officials are urging governments to identify butterfly habitat and adopt plans to protect monarch overwintering sites from logging or inappropriate trimming. — Peter Fimrite, SFChronicle.com, "Slim hope for monarch butterflies — population holds steady this season," 23 Jan. 2020 The biggest benefit of Calamondin oranges (X Citrofortunella microcarpa), though, is that this is the only citrus that can be overwintered indoors. — The Editors, Good Housekeeping, "8 Fruit Trees You Can Grow Right on Your Porch," 24 July 2018

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“Overwinter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/overwinter. Accessed 9 Jul. 2020.

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