Definition of winter

• n. - The season of the year in which the sun shines most obliquely upon any region; the coldest season of the year.
• n. - The period of decay, old age, death, or the like.
• v. i. - To pass the winter; to hibernate; as, to winter in Florida.
• v. i. - To keep, feed or manage, during the winter; as, to winter young cattle on straw.