summer
nounEtymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *s(e)m-eh₂- Proto-Indo-European *sm̥-h₂-ór-o-der. Proto-Germanic *sumaraz Proto-West Germanic *sumar Old English sumor Middle English somer English summer From Middle English somer, sumer, from Old English sumor m, from Proto-West Germanic *sumar m, from Proto-Germanic *sumaraz m, derived from Proto-Indo-European *semh₂- (“summer”). Cognates Cognate with Scots somer, sumer, simer, West Frisian simmer, Saterland Frisian Suumer, Dutch zomer, Low German Sommer, German Sommer, Danish and Norwegian Bokmål sommer, Swedish sommar, Norwegian Nynorsk and Icelandic sumar; Welsh haf, Armenian ամ (am, “year”), ամառ (amaṙ, “summer”), Sanskrit समा (sámā, “a half-year, season, weather, year”), Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬨 (ham-), Middle Persian ḥʾmyn (hāmīn), Northern Kurdish havîn, Central Kurdish ھاوین (hawîn).
Definitions
One of four seasons, traditionally the second, marked by the longest and typically…
One of four seasons, traditionally the second, marked by the longest and typically hottest days of the year due to the inclination of the Earth and thermal lag. Typically regarded as spanning either the period between the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox, or the months of June, July, and August in the Northern Hemisphere and the months of December, January and February in the Southern Hemisphere.
- the heat of summer
- Gradually, the end of summer hove into sight.
- I'm going to the Gambia in the summer.
year
year; used to give the age of a person, usually a young one.
- He was barely eighteen summers old.
- She had seen not more than twenty summers.
Most flourishing, happy, or beautiful period
Most flourishing, happy, or beautiful period; golden age, prime.
- O! craving heart, for the lost flowers And sunshine of my summer hours!
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Someone with light, pinkish skin that has a blue undertone, light hair and eyes, seen as…
Someone with light, pinkish skin that has a blue undertone, light hair and eyes, seen as best suited to certain colors of clothing.
To spend the summer, as in a particular place on holiday.
- For he was an oddity, a black multimillionaire who summered on the Riviera, had an apartment in Paris and a penthouse, in a building he owned, high above Sugar Hill.
A horizontal beam supporting a building.
- And we are warned, that the foundation or maine summers of our houses faile and shrinke, when we see the quarters bend, or wals to breake.
A pack-horse.
A person who sums.
A machine or algorithm that sums.
- A basic feedback system consists of ... and a summing point (comparator or summer).
- The output of the summer is therefore fed into the input of the first integrator.
A female given name from English of modern usage, from summer, the name of the season,…
A female given name from English of modern usage, from summer, the name of the season, often given to girls born in summer.
A surname.
Alternative letter-case form of summer.
- I am very prodigall of cappings, namely in Summer, and I never receive any from what quality of men ſoever, but I giue them as good and as many as they bring, except he be ſome ſervant of mine.
- Notwithstanding the tristness of the town, there are many visitors during the Summer who come for quiet and economy.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at summer. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at summer. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
7 hops · closes at summer
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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