Definition of summer
(Entry 1 of 3)
1
: the season between spring and autumn comprising in the northern hemisphere usually the months of June, July, and August or as reckoned astronomically extending from the June solstice to the September equinox
2
: the warmer half of the year
3
: year
a girl of seventeen summers
4
: a period of maturing powers
summer
adjectiveDefinition of summer (Entry 2 of 3)
1
: of, relating to, or suitable for summer
summer vacation a summer home
2
: sown in the spring and harvested in the same year as sown
summer wheat
— compare winter
summer
verbDefinition of summer (Entry 3 of 3)
: to pass the summer
: to keep or carry through the summer
especially
: to provide (cattle, sheep, etc.) with pasture during the summer
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The first known use of summer was before the 12th century
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