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Definition: Winter |
WinterAdjective1. Occurring in or appropriate to the season of winter; "winter winds". Noun1. The coldest season of the year. Verb1. Spend the winter; "We wintered on the Riviera". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
"Winter" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "the winter". |
Date "winter" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1200. (references) |
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Dream Interpretation | To dream of winter, is a prognostication of ill-health and dreary prospects for the favorable progress of fortune. After this dream your efforts will not yield satisfactory results. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
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Long-distance land bird migration
Many species of land birds migrate very long distances, the most common pattern being for birds to breed in the temperate or arctic northern hemisphere and winter in warmer regions, often in the tropics or the southern hemisphere.
There is a strong genetic component to migration in terms of timing and route, but this may be modified by environmental influences. An interesting example where a change of migration route has occurred because of such a geographical barrier is the trend for some Blackcaps in central Europe to migrate west and winter in Great Britain rather than cross the Alps.
The advantage of the migration strategy is that, in the long days of the northern summer, breeding birds have more hours to feed their young on often abundant food supplies, particularly insects. As the days shorten in autumn and food supplies become scarce, the birds can return to warmer regions where the length of the day varies less and there is an all year round food supply.
The downside of migration is the hazards of the journey, especially when difficult habitats such as deserts and oceans must be crossed, and weather conditions may be adverse.
The risks of predation are also high. The Eleanora's Falcon which breeds on Mediterranean islands has a very late breeding season, timed so that autumn passerine migrants can be hunted to feed its young.
Whether a particular species migrates depends on a number of factors. The climate of the breeding area is important, and few species can cope with the harse winters of inland Canada or northern Eurasia. Thus the Blackbird Turdus merula is migratory in Scandinavia, but not in the milder climate of southern Europe.
The nature of the staple food is also important. Most specialists insect eaters are long-distance migrants, and have little choice but to head south in winter.
Sometimes the factors are finely balanced. The Whinchat Saxicola rubetra of Europe is a long-distance migrant wintering in the tropics, whereas its close relative, the Stonechat Saxicola torquata is resident in most of its range, and moves only short distances from the colder north and east.
Certain areas, because of their location, have become famous as watchpoints for migrating birds. Examples are the Point Pelee National Park in Canada, and Spurn in England. Drift migration of birds blown off course by the wind can result in "falls" of large numbers of migrants at coastal sites.
Another cause of birds occurring outside their normal ranges is the "spring overshoot" in which birds returning to their breeding areas overshoot and end up further north than intended.
A mechanism which can lead to great rarities turning up as vagrants thousands of kilometres out of range is reverse migration, where the genetic programming of young birds fails to work properly.
Recent research suggests that long-distance passerine migrants are of South American and African, rather than northern hemisphere, evolutionary origins. They are effectively southern species coming north to breed rather than northern species going south to winter.
Broad-winged long distance migrants
Some large broad-winged birds rely on thermal columns of rising hot air to enable them to soar. These include many birds of prey such as vultures, eagles and buzzards, but also storks.
Migratory species in these groups have great difficulty crossing large bodies of water, since thermals can only form over land, and these birds cannot maintain active flight for long distances.
The Mediterranean therefore presents a major obstacle to soaring birds, which are forced to cross at the narrowest points. This means that massive numbers of large raptors and storks pass through areas such as Gibraltar, Falsterbo and the Bosphorus at migration times. Commoner species, such as the Honey Buzzard can be counted in hundreds of thousands in autumn.
Other barriers, such as mountain ranges, can also cause funnelling, particularly of the large diurnal migrants.
Short-distance land bird migration
The long distance migrants in the previous section are effectively genetically programmed to respond to changing lengths of days. However many species move shorter distances, but may do so only in response to harsh weather conditions.
Thus mountain and moorland breeders, like the Wallcreeper and White-throated Dipper may move only altitudinally to escape the cold higher ground. Other species like the Merlin and Skylark will move further to the coast or to a more southerly region.
Species like the Chaffinch are not migratory in Great Britain, but will move south or to Ireland in very cold weather. Interesting, in Scandinavia, the female of this species migrates, but not the male, giving rise to the specific name coelebs, a batchelor.
Short distance passerine migrants have two evolutionary origins. Those which have long distance migrants in the same family, like the Chiffchaff, are species of southern hemisphere origins which have progressively shortened their return migration so that they stay in the northern hemisphere.
Those species which have no long distance migratory relative, like the waxwings, are effectively moving in response to winter weather, rather than enhanced breeding opportunities.
Wildfowl and wader migration
The typical image of migration is of northern landbirds such as swallows and birds of prey making long flights to the tropics. Many northern breeding ducks geese and swans are also long-distance migrants, but need only to move from their arctic breeding grounds far enough south to escape frozen waters.
This means that most wildfowl remain in the Northern hemisphere, but in milder countries. For example, the Pink-footed Goose migrates from Iceland to Great Britain and neighbouring countries. Usually wintering grounds are traditional and learned by the young when they migrate with their parents.
Some ducks, such as the Garganey, do move completely or partially into the tropics.
A similar situation occurs with waders (called "shorebirds" in North America). Many species, such as Dunlin and Western Sandpiper undertake long movements from their arctic breeding grounds to warmer locations in the same hemisphere, but others like Semipalmated Sandpiper travel huge distances to the tropics.
Most of the wildfowl are large and powerful, and even the waders are strong fliers. This means that birds wintering in temperate regions have the capacity to make further shorter movements in the event of particularly inclement weather.
Seabird migration
Much of what has been said in the previous section applies to many seabirds. Some, like the Black Guillemot and some gulls are quite sedentary, others, such as most of the terns and auks breeding in the temperate northen hemisphere move south varying distances in winter. The Arctic Tern sees more daylight than any other bird, moving from its arctic breeding grounds to the antarctic wintering areas. Seabirds, of course, have the advantage that they can feed on migration.
The most pelagic species, mainly in the order Procellariiformes, are great wanderers, and the albatrosses of the southern oceans may circle the globe as they ride the "roaring forties" outside the breeding season. The tubenoses in general spread thinly over large areas of open ocean, but congregate when food becomes available.
Pelagic birding trips attract petrels and other procellarids by tipping "chum", a mixture of fish oil and offal, into the sea. Within minutes, a previously apparently empty ocean is full of petrels, fulmars and shearwaters attracted by the food.
A few seabirds, like Wilson's Petrel, and Great Shearwater are amongst the few species that breed in the southern hemispehere and migrate north in the southern winter.
Migration in the tropics
In the tropics there is little variation in the length of day throughout the year, and it is always warm enough for an adequate food supply. Apart from the seasonal movements of northern hemisphere wintering species, most species are in the broadest sense resident. However many species undergo movements of varying distances depending on the rainfall.
Many tropical regions have wet and dry seasons, the monsoons of India being perhaps the best known example. An example of a bird whose distribution is rain associated is the Woodland Kingfisher of west Africa.
There are a few species, notably cuckoos, which are genuine long-distance migrants within the tropics. An example is the Lesser Cuckoo, which breeds in India and winters in Africa.
In the high mountains, such as the Himalayas and the Andes, there are of course also altitudinal movements of greater or lesser extent by many species.
Migration in Australasia
Bird migration is primarily, but not entirely, a Northern Hemisphere phenomenon. In the Southern Hemisphere, seasonal migration tends to be much less marked. There are several reasons for this.
First, the largely uninterupted expanses of land mass or ocean tend not to funnel migrations into narrow and obvious pathways, making them less obvious to the human observer. Second, at least for terrestrial birds, climatic regions tend to fade into one another over a long distance rather than be entirely separate: this means that rather than make long trips over unsuitable habitat to reach particular destinations, migrant species can usually travel at a relaxed pace, feeding as they go: short of banding studies it is often not obvious that the birds seen in any particular locality as the seasons change are in fact different members of the same species passing through, gradually working their way north or south.
Relatively few Australasian birds migrate in the way that so many European and North American species do. This is largely a matter of geography: the Australasian climate has seasonal extremes no less compelling than those of Europe, however they are far less predictable and tend to take place over periods both shorter and longer. A couple of weeks of heavy rain in one part or another of the usually dry centre of Australia, for example, produces dramatic plant and invertebrate growth, attracting birds from all directions. This can happen at any time of year, summer or winter and, in any given area, may not happen again for a decade or more.
Broader climatic extremes are highly unpredictable also: expected seasonal heat or rain arrives or does not arrive, depending on the vaguaries of El Niño: it is commonplace to have stretches of five or ten years at a time when winter rains do not eventuate during the El Niño cycle, and equally common to have La Niña periods which turn arid zones into areas of lush grass and shallow lakes. Long distance migration requires a heavy investment in time and body mass—and given the random nature of El Niño, an investment with an uncertain return.
In broad, Australasian birds tend to be sedantry or nomadic, moving on whenever conditions become unfavourable, to whichever area happens to be more suitable at the time.
There are many exceptions, however. Some species make the long haul to breed in far distant northern climes every year, notably swifts, and a great many wading birds that breed in the Arctic Circle during the southern winter.
Many others arrive for the southern spring and summer to breed, then fly to tropical northern Australia, New Guinea, or the islands of South East Asia for the Southern winter. Examples include cuckoos, the Satin Flycatcher, the Dollarbird, and the Rainbow Bee-eater.
Others again are altitudinal migrants, moving to higher country during summer, returning to warmer areas in winter like several robins, or travel north and south with the seasons but within a relatively restricted range. The tiny 10 cm Silvereye is an example: most of the southernmost Tasmanian race crosses the 200 miles of Bass Strait after breeding to disperse into Victoria, South Australia, NSW and even southern Queensland, replacing the normal residents who fly still further north, following the band of fertile country along the coast, feeding through the day and travelling mostly at night. The northernmost populations, however, are nomadic rather than migratory, as are the Silvereyes of southern Western Australia, which is bounded by thousands of miles of desert to the north and east, and sea to the south and west.
See also
- Bird ringing
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Winter is one of the four seasons of temperate zones. Astronomically, it begins with the winter solstice (around 21 December in the Northern hemisphere, and 21 June in the Southern hemisphere), and ends with the spring equinox (around 21 March in the Northern hemisphere and 21 September in the Southern hemisphere). However, sometimes it is counted instead as the whole months of June, July and August in the Southern hemisphere and December, January and February in the Northern hemisphere.Wintering is a term used to refer to seasonal climate-related migrations, such as those of migratory birds or Monarch butterflies. By extension, it is also refers to seasonal agricultural practices, such as transferring beehives to warmer locations.
Winter is also a book by Morley Callaghan, first published in 1974 with photographs by John de Visser of the New York Graphic Society.
Related topics
- Season
- Nuclear winter
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Winter is a town located in Sawyer County, Wisconsin. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 969.Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 738.9 km² (285.3 mi²). 723.9 km² (279.5 mi²) of it is land and 15.0 km² (5.8 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 2.03% water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 969 people, 381 households, and 276 families residing in the town. The population density is 1.3/km² (3.5/mi²). There are 1,203 housing units at an average density of 1.7 persons/km² (4.3 persons/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 94.22% White, 3.82% African American, 1.14% Native American, 0.52% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.21% from other races, and 0.10% from two or more races. 1.55% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 381 households out of which 23.4% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 63.0% are married couples living together, 5.2% have a woman whose husband does not live with her, and 27.3% are non-families. 22.3% of all households are made up of individuals and 10.2% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.34 and the average family size is 2.72. In the town the population is spread out with 17.9% under the age of 18, 6.4% from 18 to 24, 25.3% from 25 to 44, 31.4% from 45 to 64, and 19.1% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 45 years. For every 100 females there are 118.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 123.0 males. The median income for a household in the town is $33,500, and the median income for a family is $41,125. Males have a median income of $31,442 versus $22,614 for females. The per capita income for the town is $19,033. 12.7% of the population and 10.2% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 12.8% are under the age of 18 and 12.6% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Winter (town), Wisconsin."
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Winter is a village located in Sawyer County, Wisconsin. As of the 2000 census, the village had a total population of 344.Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 2.1 km² (0.8 mi²). None of the area is covered with water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 344 people, 164 households, and 83 families residing in the village. The population density is 166.0/km² (430.9/mi²). There are 200 housing units at an average density of 96.5 persons/km² (250.5 persons/mi²). The racial makeup of the village is 96.51% White, 0.58% African American, 2.03% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.29% from other races, and 0.58% from two or more races. 1.45% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 164 households out of which 26.8% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 37.2% are married couples living together, 10.4% have a woman whose husband does not live with her, and 48.8% are non-families. 44.5% of all households are made up of individuals and 23.2% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.10 and the average family size is 2.92. In the village the population is spread out with 24.1% under the age of 18, 6.7% from 18 to 24, 24.7% from 25 to 44, 20.9% from 45 to 64, and 23.5% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 40 years. For every 100 females there are 111.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 102.3 males. The median income for a household in the village is $22,955, and the median income for a family is $25,625. Males have a median income of $23,333 versus $15,000 for females. The per capita income for the village is $15,404. 17.5% of the population and 13.2% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 15.4% are under the age of 18 and 25.0% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Winter (village), Wisconsin."
Synonyms: WinterSynonyms: winter(a) (adj), wintertime (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Agriculture | Field, meadow, garden; botanic garden, winter garden, ornamental garden, flower garden, kitchen garden, market garden, hop garden; nursery; green house, hot house; conservatory, bed, border, seed plot; grassplot, grassplat, lawn; park. (pleasure ground); parterre, shrubbery, plantation, avenue, arboretum, pinery, pinetum, orchard; vineyard, vinery; orangery; farm. (abode). |
Cold | Winter; depth of winter, hard winter; Siberia, Nova Zembla; wind-chill factor. |
Evening | Midnight; dead of night, witching hour, witching hour of night, witching time of night; winter; killing time. |
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Screenplays | Seasons change, winter to spring (Moulin Rouge!; writing credit: Baz Luhrmann; Craig Pearce) What I want to know is how we're going to stay alive this winter. (Doctor Zhivago; writing credit: Boris Pasternak; Robert Bolt) Uncle Nick-Nack's winter wardrobe (The Addams Family; writing credit: Caroline Thompson) I'll give you a winter prediction: It's gonna be cold, it's gonna be grey, and it's gonna last you for the rest of your life (Groundhog Day; writing credit: Danny Rubin and Harold Ramis.) Winter must be cold for those with no warm memories (An Affair To Remember; writing credit: Delmer Daves, Leo McCarey) | |
Lyrics | Is a hazy shade of winter (Hazy Shade Of Winter; performing artist: The Bangles) When winter hearts turn summer pink (Girls of Summer; performing artist: Aerosmith) The smell of hospitals in winter (A Long December; performing artist: Counting Crows) Catch the breeze and the winter chills (Vincent; performing artist: Don McLean) Winter, spring, summer or fall (You've Got A Friend; performing artist: James Taylor) | |
Clever | France has neither winter nor summer nor morals. Apart from these drawbacks it is a fine country. (references; author: Mark Twain) The way to make the cold winter go fast is to sign a note in October that becomes due in six months. (references; author: unknown) Winter is the season in which people try to keep the house as warm as it was in the summer, when they complained about the heat. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Gift of Winter (1974) Winter Kill (1974) Part 2: Eskimo Winter People of the Seal (1971) Winter of the Witch (1969) Before Winter Comes (1969) | |
Song Titles | Hazy Shade Of Winter (performing artist: The Bangles) Shelly's Winter Love (performing artist: The Wood Brothers) | |
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 | Seen is the NIH pillar sign with winter trees in the background. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |  | Eastern U.S. In the Grips of Old Man Winter. Credit: NASA. |
 | Nicknamed "Dragon Lake," this body of water is formed by the Bratskove Reservoir, built along the Angara River in southern Siberia, near the city of Bratsk. This image was acquired in winter, when the lake is frozen. Credit: NASA. |  | Lieutenant Cindy McFee visits with penguins at Little America Lt. McFee was on the way to South Pole Station She was the third woman to winter over. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | Camp at Station Sturgeon Point at onset of winter Astro party of Ralph Pfau. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Winter and ice along the Patuxent River. Credit: America's Coastlines. |
 | Winter along the Patuxent River. Credit: America's Coastlines. |  | "Dr. Wilson and Lieut. Bowers reading the ramp thermometer in the winter night, -40 Fahr. (A flashlight photograph.) In: "Scott's Last Expedition ....", 1913. Dodd, Mead, and Company. New York. Volume I. Page 221. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |
 | Aurora australis over South Pole Station in the 1997 austral winter. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |  | Photo #1.Cross-section of first spine of dorsal fin of young bluefin tuna showing annual growth rings. These rings are similar to tree growth rings. The wide (brown) areas represent summer growth during periods of high food intake. The narrow (white) bands represent periods of less fast growth during the winter when the fish's metabolism slows. Credit: Fisheries. |
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| "Winter in Kalmar, Sweden" by Conny Gunnarsson Commentary: "December frost." | "Winter fresh" by Kyle Tait Commentary: "Michigan winter." |
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George Herbert | Every mile is two in winter. |
Heraclitus | God is day and night, winter and summer, war and peace, surfeit and hunger. |
Homer | Words like winter snowflakes. |
Matsuo Basho | My poetry is like a stove in the summer or a fan in the winter. It runs against the popular tastes and has no practical use. |
Percy Bysshe Shelley | O, wind, if winter comes, can spring be far behind? |
Shakespeare | For his bounty there was no winter to it; an autumn it was that grew more by reaping. |
William Shakespeare | My age is as a lusty winter, frosty but kindly. |
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John Locke | 1690 | Hereafter, seed-time and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night, shall not cease while the earth remaineth. (Second Treatise of Government) |
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Emma | Austen, Jane | They ought to have balls there at least every fortnight through the winter. |
Sylvie and Bruno Concluded | Carroll, Lewis | I always use hot ink, myself, in the winter. |
A Christmas Carol | Dickens, Charles | The darkness and the mist had vanished with it, for it was a clear, cold, winter day, with snow upon the ground |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | She had to be there by six in the morning, long before the dawn in the winter. |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | The stabler of the iron horse was up early this winter morning by the light of the stars amid the mountains, to fodder and harness his steed |
As You Like It | William Shakespeare | My age is as a lusty winter, frosty, but kindly |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Shigellosis is more common in summer than winter. (references) | |
Salmonellosis is more common in the summer than winter. (references) | ||
They induce colds primarily in the winter and early spring. (references) | ||
Business | Men wear stylish medium weight wool suits during the winter months. (references) | |
Winter 1999/2000 was a comparatively slow time for Norwegian travel agents. (references) | ||
Normally, Finns enjoy a five-week summer vacation and a one-week winter vacation. (references) | ||
Children | Moldova | Among the major problems in children's institutions are inadequate food, "warehousing" of children, lack of heat in the winter, and disease. (references) |
Iceland | Moreover, the regulations also specify that, to the extent possible, the sidewalk outside the main entrance of a public accommodation or government building should be heated so that it remains clear of ice and snow throughout the winter. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Mongolia | Due to continued harsh winter weather and drought conditions, an increased number of persons sought shelter in the capital. (references) |
Economic History | Algeria | Winter rains begin in the north in October. (references) |
Greece | Climate: Mediterranean; mild winter and hot, dry summer. (references) | |
Switzerland | Softboots for skiers is another demand item for next winter. (references) | |
Human Rights | Korea | Prison diets are adequate, but the facilities offer little protection against cold in the winter and heat in the summer. (references) |
Portugal | There were persistent reports regarding the mistreatment of prisoners by prison guards, drug addiction in prisons, and a lack of heat in winter. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Russia | The principal problems for indigenous people are the distribution of necessary supplies and services, particularly in the winter months for those who live in the far north, and disputed claims to profits from exploitation of natural resources. (references) |
Political Economy | Georgia | Georgia emerged from the dark winter of 2000, plagued by a gas cut-off by Russia and a drought, which reduced hydropower. (references) |
BRAZIL | In March 2001, the Ministry of Agriculture lifted the ban on U.S. Soft Red Winter, Hard Red Spring, and Hard Red Winter wheat. (references) | |
Turkey | The Chief of Police of Diyarbakir was assassinated in winter 2001, apparently by Turkish Hizbullah, a fundamentalist Islamic terror organization. (references) | |
Trade | Colombia | For soft wheat, the floor and ceiling prices are based on hard red winter wheat, which tends to result in a higher import duty for soft wheat, since hard wheat is generally more expensive than soft wheat. (references) |
Travel | Argentina | Summer in the U.S. is winter in Argentina, and vice versa. (references) |
Russia | In winter one must be prepared for either slush or icy sidewalks. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Cyprus | In the public sector, it is 38 hours during the winter and 35 hours in the summer. (references) |
Cyprus | In the Turkish Cypriot community, the legal maximum workweek is 38 hours in the winter and 36 hours in the summer. (references) | |
Macau | The law prohibits minors under the age of 16 from working, although minors between the ages of 14 and 16 can be authorized to work on an "exceptional basis." Some children reportedly work in family-run businesses and on fishing vessels, usually during summer and winter vacations. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | MACROBIAN, n. One forgotten of the gods and living to a great age. History is abundantly supplied with examples, from Methuselah to Old Parr, but some notable instances of longevity are less well known. A Calabrian peasant named Coloni, born in 1753, lived so long that he had what he considered a glimpse of the dawn of universal peace. Scanavius relates that he knew an archbishop who was so old that he could remember a time when he did not deserve hanging. In 1566 a linen draper of Bristol, England, declared that he had lived five hundred years, and that in all that time he had never told a lie. There are instances of longevity (macrobiosis) in our own country. Senator Chauncey Depew is old enough to know better. The editor of The American, a newspaper in New York City, has a memory that goes back to the time when he was a rascal, but not to the fact. The President of the United States was born so long ago that many of the friends of his youth have risen to high political and military preferment without the assistance of personal merit. The verses following were written by a macrobian: When I was young the world was fair And amiable and sunny. A brightness was in all the air, In all the waters, honey. The jokes were fine and funny, The statesmen honest in their views, And in their lives, as well, And when you heard a bit of news 'Twas true enough to tell. Men were not ranting, shouting, reeking, Nor women "generally speaking." The Summer then was long indeed: It lasted one whole season! The sparkling Winter gave no heed When ordered by Unreason To bring the early peas on. Now, where the dickens is the sense In calling that a year Which does no more than just commence Before the end is near? When I was young the year extended From month to month until it ended. I know not why the world has changed To something dark and dreary, And everything is now arranged To make a fellow weary. The Weather Man -- I fear he Has much to do with it, for, sure, The air is not the same: It chokes you when it is impure, When pure it makes you lame. With windows closed you are asthmatic; Open, neuralgic or sciatic. Well, I suppose this new regime Of dun degeneration Seems eviler than it would seem To a better observation, And has for compensation Some blessings in a deep disguise Which mortal sight has failed To pierce, although to angels' eyes They're visible unveiled. If Age is such a boon, good land! He's costumed by a master hand! Venable Strigg |
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Andrew Weil | You eat lots of fruits and vegetables, you include some of the good carbohydrates, which are things like beans and some sweet potatoes or winter squashes in moderation, even some whole grains like wild rice or barley in whole grain form. |
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Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | With the cooperation of Congress, we were able to move quickly to provide assistance to eligible households in time to meet their winter heating bills. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | The American Dream is a song of hope that rings through night winter air. |
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| "Winter" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 93.95% of the time. "Winter" is used about 6,954 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 93.95% | 6,533 | 1,479 |
| Noun (proper) | 6.05% | 421 | 13,527 |
| Total | 100.00% | 6,954 | N/A |
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| The following table summarizes the usage of "winter" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Winter | First name Female | 1,000 | 3,287 |
| Winter | Last name | 11,000 | 1,079 |
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| "Winter" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "the winter". | |||
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "winter". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Elihoreph | N/A | Biblical | God of winter |
| Hareph | N/A | Biblical | Winter |
| Winter | Female | English | The winter |
| Wynter | Female | English | The winter |
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| The following table summarizes names related to "Winter." | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Related Name |
| Winter | Female | English | N/A |
| Wynter | Female | English | Winter |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Country | Name |
| USA | Winter Sports, Inc. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
1. Winter, WI (village, FIPS 87975) |
Expressions using "winter": Australian winter disease ♦ austrian winter pea ♦ before winter sets in ♦ bitter winter ♦ cantonment winter ♦ during the winter ♦ early winter cress ♦ fit for winter habitation ♦ hard winter ♦ harsh winter ♦ in the dead of winter ♦ in the depths of winter ♦ in winter ♦ last winter ♦ Madeira winter cherry ♦ most of the winter ♦ nuclear winter ♦ onset of winter ♦ Queen's or Winter ♦ severe winter ♦ snowless winter ♦ snowy winter ♦ spend the winter ♦ spend the winter in ♦ the dead of winter ♦ the winter olympics ♦ winter aconite ♦ winter and summer alike ♦ winter apple ♦ winter barley ♦ winter berry ♦ winter bloom ♦ winter blues ♦ winter bud ♦ winter buds ♦ winter buoy ♦ winter cherry ♦ winter clothes ♦ winter coat ♦ winter cough ♦ winter cress ♦ winter crookneck ♦ winter crookneck squash ♦ winter crop ♦ winter currant ♦ winter day ♦ winter driving ♦ winter drying ♦ winter duck ♦ winter dysentery ♦ winter egg ♦ winter fallow ♦ winter fast ice ♦ winter fat ♦ winter feeding ♦ winter fern ♦ winter fever ♦ winter flounder ♦ winter flowering cherry ♦ Winter Garden ♦ winter gillyflower ♦ winter gull ♦ Winter Harbor ♦ Winter Haven ♦ winter hazel ♦ winter heath ♦ winter heliotrope ♦ winter home ♦ winter ice ♦ winter itch ♦ winter jasmine ♦ winter killing ♦ winter lodge ♦ winter lodgment ♦ winter melon ♦ winter melon vine ♦ winter mew ♦ winter moth ♦ winter mushroom ♦ winter oil ♦ Winter Olympic Games ♦ Winter Olympics ♦ Winter Park ♦ winter pasture ♦ winter peak ♦ winter pear ♦ winter purslane ♦ winter quarters ♦ winter resort ♦ winter rest ♦ winter rose ♦ winter rye ♦ winter savory ♦ winter savoury ♦ winter scours ♦ winter season ♦ winter seed ♦ winter semester ♦ winter shad ♦ winter sheldrake ♦ winter sleep. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "winter": winter-bare, Winter-beaten, winter-blinded, winter-bound, winter-bright, winter-crack, winter-drilled, winter-dry, winter-early, winter-fashion, winter-flowering, winter-green, winter-gripped, Winter-ground, winter-grown, winter-hardy, winter-hungry, Winter-inn, winter-interest, winter-kill, winter-lean, winter-lets, winter-like, winter-lit, winter-pallid, winter-plumage, winter-plumaged, Winter-proud, Winter-rig, winter-roost, winter-sown, winter-sports, winter-stored, winter-stripped, winter-tide, winter-time, Winter-to-spring, winter-visiting, winter-warmer, winter-weary, winter-weight, Winter-woods, winter-yarded. | |
Ending with "winter": mid-winter, over-winter. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
winter vacation | 7,063 | winter camping | 242 |
winter | 2,976 | winter haven fl | 242 |
formal winter | 2,969 | tammy winter | 235 |
winter scene | 988 | johnny winter | 231 |
winter sports | 901 | winter wedding | 220 |
winter sonata | 669 | winter olympics | 184 |
winter coat | 636 | winter park florida | 178 |
winter park colorado | 556 | spa winter | 177 |
winter park | 503 | winter garden | 167 |
winter park co | 406 | winter clothes | 145 |
never winter night | 403 | winter cover | 132 |
winter park fl | 389 | winter garden theater | 131 |
winter hat | 354 | winter gloves | 124 |
ice winter | 313 | wildlife winter | 123 |
winter clothing | 286 | edgar winter | 123 |
ophelie winter | 283 | winter park lodging | 120 |
winter resort | 282 | dean winter | 119 |
eric winter | 280 | winter haven florida | 112 |
winter wonderland | 271 | winter springs fl | 108 |
winter sport | 247 | winter pool cover | 105 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "winter"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | winter. (various references) | |
Albanian | dimër (winter-tide). (various references) | |
Arabic | حيي على كذا أثناء الشتاء, سنة (mores, norm, rubric, tradition, year), أقات أثناء الشتاء, شتى (diverse, various), شتوي (hibernal, wintry), شتاء. (various references) | |
Asturian | iviernu. (various references) | |
Aymara | juyphipacha. (various references) | |
Basque | negua, negu. (various references) | |
Blackfoot | ipákssaisstoyi (to be winter). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | година (twelvemonth, year), за зимата, зимувам (hibernate), зимен (brumal, hibernal, wintry), зима (winter-tide), прекарвам зимата. (various references) | |
Catalan | hivern. (various references) | |
Cebuano | tingtugnaw. (various references) | |
Chinese | 冬天 . (various references) | |
Cornish | Gwáf. (various references) | |
Croatian | zima. (various references) | |
Czech | zima (cold, wintertime). (various references) | |
Danish | vinter. (various references) | |
Dutch | winter. (various references) | |
Ecuadorian Quechua | tamia pacha. (various references) | |
Esperanto | vintro. (various references) | |
Estonian | talv. (various references) | |
Faeroese | vetur. (various references) | |
Farsi | قشلاق کردن , زمستانی (Hibernal), زمستانرابرگذارکردن , زمستان , شتا. (various references) | |
Finnish | talvi. (various references) | |
French | hiver. (various references) | |
French Canadian | hiver. (various references) | |
Frisian | winter. (various references) | |
German | Winter (wintertime), winterlich (of the winter, winter-, winterly, wintry). (various references) | |
Greek | διαχειμάζω (hibernate). (various references) | |
Guarani | araro'y. (various references) | |
Haitian Creole | ivè. (various references) | |
Hawaiian | dimër. (various references) | |
Hebrew | חורף. (various references) | |
Hungarian | tél (dry), téli (brumal, hibernal, wintry). (various references) | |
Icelandic | vetur, vetrarlegur (of the winter, winter-). (various references) | |
Indonesian | musim dingin. (various references) | |
Inuktitut | ukiuq (year). (various references) | |
Irish | geimhreadh. (various references) | |
Italian | inverno. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 冬 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | しもがれどき (slack or off season), ふゆ, ウィンター , げんとう (demotion, gunwale, magic lantern, running lights, severe winter, slide projector, the field, the parade ground, unrefined sugar), けんとう (a votive lantern in a shrine or temple, aim, approx, be found, boxing, consideration, direction, door light, estimate, examination, fighting bravely, good fight, good luck!, good pitching, guess, investigation, lamp or electric light at the eaves of a house, mark, prizefighting, scrutiny, strenuous efforts, study), とうき (abandonment, ceramics, current term, fighting spirit, giving up, party discipline, party rules or regulations, pottery, registration, registry, rise, speculation, this plane, throwing away, winter term, wintertime). (various references) | |
Korean | 겨울 (Winters, Wintertide, wintertime). (various references) | |
Macedonian | zima. (various references) | |
Malagasy | ririnina. (various references) | |
Manx | geurey (wintertime), geuraghey (hibernate, wintering), ceau yn geurey (hibernate). (various references) | |
Maori | hootoke. (various references) | |
Maya | ke'elil. (various references) | |
Mohawk | kohsera'kène (in the winter). (various references) | |
Norwegian | vinter. (various references) | |
Occitan | ivèrn. (various references) | |
Papiamen | tempu di friu, invierno. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | interway.(various references) | |
Polish | zimowy (of the winter, winter-), zima. (various references) | |
Portuguese | inverno (winter-tide). (various references) | |
Provencal | ivèrn. (various references) | |
Romanian | ierna (hibernate), iarnå, iarnã (jack frost), iarna, hiberna (hibernate), an (summer, twelvemonth, year, years), îngriji în timpul iernii. (various references) | |
Romansch | enviern. (various references) | |
Romany | evènd. (various references) | |
Russian | зима (winter-tide, wintertime). (various references) | |
Samoan | tau malulu. (various references) | |
Scottish | geamhradh. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | zimski (brumal, hibernal, overcoat), zima (cold), prezimiti (overwinter), hraniti stoku preko zime. (various references) | |
Sicilian | invernu. (various references) | |
Slovene | zima. (various references) | |
Sotho | mariha. (various references) | |
Spanish | invierno (winter-tide). (various references) | |
Swazi | bú-sîka. (various references) | |
Swedish | vinter. (various references) | |
Tagalog | taglamig. (various references) | |
Thai | ช่วงเวลาไร้แสง/ความร้อน/การเจริญเติบโตเพราะสงครามนิวเคลียร์ (nuclear winter). (various references) | |
Tswana | mariga. (various references) | |
Turkish | yaş (age, dank, humid, sappy, wet, year), kix, kýş, kışlamak (overwinter, spend the winter), kışlık (winterweight), kışı geçirtmek, kışı geçirmek (overwinter, spend the winter in), kış. (various references) | |
Turkmen | gyю. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | зимувати (hibernate), зима. (various references) | |
Welsh | gaeaf. (various references) | |
Xhosa | ubusika. (various references) | |
Zulu | ubusika. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Sumerian | 3100 BCE-2500 BCE | entena. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | frigore, frigoribus, frigoris, frigus, hiemabo, hiemandum, hiemare, hiemaverat, hieme, hiemem, hiemis, hiemps. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Acts Chapter 28, Verse 11 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Meta de treiV mhnaV anhcqhmen en ploiw parakeceimakoti en th nhsw alexandrinw parashmw dioskouroiV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Post menses autem tres navigavimus in nave alexandrina quae in insula hiemaverat cui erat insigne Castorum |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And after thre monethis we schippiden in a schip of Alisaundre, that hadde wyntrid in the ile, to which was an excellent singne of Castours. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | After thre monethes we departed in a ship of Alexandry which had wyntred in the yle whose badge was Castor and Pollux. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And after three months we departed in a ship of Alexandria, which had wintered in the isle, whose sign was Castor and Pollux. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And after three months we departed in a ship of Alexandria, which had wintered in the isle, whose sign was Castor and Pollux. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And after three months we went to sea in a ship of Alexandria sailing under the sign of the Dioscuri, which had been at the island for the winter. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Acts Chapter 28, Verse 11 |
| Albanian | Pas tre muajsh u nisëm me një anije të Aleksandrisë, që kishte dimëruar në ishull dhe që kishte si shenjë Dioskurët. |
| Cebuano | ¶ Tapus sa tulo ka bulan kami nanggikan sakay sa usa ka sakayan nga nagpalabay sa tingtugnaw niadtong dapita, sakayan nga taga-Alejandria nga may bansiwag nga dagway sa Kaluhang Lalaki. |
| Croatian | Nakon tri mjeseca otplovismo aleksandrijskom laðom koja je prezimila na otoku i imala za znak Dioskure. |
| Danish | Men efter tre Måneders Forløb sejlede vi da bort i et aleksandrinsk Skib, som havde haft Vinterleje ved Øen og førte Tvillingernes Mærke. |
| Dutch | En na drie maanden voeren wij af in een schip van Alexandrie, dat in het eiland overwinterd had, hebbende tot een teken, Kastor en Pollux. |
| Finnish | Kolmen kuukauden kuluttua me purjehdimme sieltä aleksandrialaisessa laivassa, joka oli talvehtinut saarella ja jolla oli merkkinä Kastorin ja Polluksin kuva. |
| French | Après un séjour de trois mois, nous nous embarquâmes sur un navire d`Alexandrie, qui avait passé l`hiver dans l`île, et qui portait pour enseigne les Dioscures. |
| German | Nach drei Monaten aber fuhren wir aus in einem Schiffe von Alexandrien, welches bei der Insel überwintert hatte und hatte ein Panier der Zwillinge. |
| Haitian Creole | ¶ Apre twa mwa, nou pati nan yon batiman Aleksandri ki te pase tout tan fredi a nan lil la. Yo te rele batiman an Marasa. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Sesudah tiga bulan di sana, kami berangkat dari pulau itu naik sebuah kapal dari Aleksandria yang selama musim dingin berlabuh di pulau itu. Kapal itu memakai lambang "Dewa Kembar Kastor dan Poluks". |
| Latvian | Pçc trim mçneðiem mçs aizbraucâm Aleksandrijas kuìî, kas pârziemoja salâ un kam bija Kastora zîme. |
| Maori | ¶ A muri iho i nga marama e toru, ka rere matou i runga i tetahi kaipuke o Arehanaria, i tu nei ki taua motu i te hotoke, ko Katoro raua ko Poruku te tohu. |
| Rumanian | Dupq o wedere de trei luni, am pornit cu o corabie din Alexandria, care iernase kn ostrov wi care purta semnul Dioscurilor. |
| Russian | юЕТЕЪ ФТЙ НЕУСГБ НЩ ПФРМЩМЙ ОБ бМЕЛУБОДТЙКУЛПН ЛПТБВМЕ, ОБЪЩЧБЕНПН дЙПУЛХТЩ, ЪЙНПЧБЧЫЕН ОБ ФПН ПУФТПЧЕ, |
| Shuar | ¶ Ii wétsuk Nú nunkanam Menaintiú nantu pujusmiaji. Tura Nuyá Chíkich kanunam enkempramiaji. Nu kanusha Arijiántrianmaya yaunchu tau Menaintiú nantu yumi Yútakui nui pujumiayi. Nú kanu nujiin numi-yus najankamu Jímiar ekemiarmiayi, ni Náarinkia Kástur tura Púruks. |
| Swahili | Baada ya miezi mitatu tulianza tena safari yetu kwa meli moja ya Aleksandria iitwayo "Miungu Pacha". Meli hiyo ilikuwa imetia nanga kisiwani wakati wote wa baridi. |
| Swedish | Då tre månader voro förlidna, avseglade vi på ett skepp som hade legat vid ön över vintern; det var från Alexandria och bar Tvillinggudarnas bilder. |
| Uma | ¶ Hono' -makai tolu mula hi lewuto' Malta, me'ongko' wo'o-makai mpohawi' kapal to ngkai Aleksandria. Kapal toe mahae-imi-hana mento'o hi lewuto' mpeka'au katimpaliu-na tempo lengi'. Hanga' kapal toe, Anitu Moropa'. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "winter": winterberries, winterberry, wintered, winterer, winterers, wintergreen, wintergreens, winterier, winteriest, wintering, winterization, winterizations, winterize, winterized, winterizes, winterizing, winterkill, winterkills, winterly, winters, wintertide, wintertides, wintertime, wintertimes, wintery. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "winter": midwinter, overwinter. (additional references) | |
Words containing "winter": midwinters, overwintered, overwintering, overwinters. (additional references) | |
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"Winter" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: interr, vinter, wanta, wanter, webter, wener, wente, winer, winet, winier, winnier, wintan, wintar, wintel, wintery, winther, Wintney, wintre, winzer, witer. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "winter" (pronounced wi"nter) |
| 5 | w i" n t er | Midwinter, overwinter. |
| 4 | -i" n t er | Minter, printer, reenter, splinter, sprinter. |
| 3 | -n t er | enchanter, encounter, enter, banter, blunter, canter, Cantor, carpenter, center, centre, counter, covenanter, discounter, dissenter, epicenter, experimenter, fainter, grantor, headhunter, Hunter, inventor, mentor, multicenter, painter, planter, pointer, presenter, punter, renter, saunter, Stentor, Supercenter, tormentor, Venter. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: twiner. | |
| Words within the letters "e-i-n-r-t-w" | |
-1 letter: inert, inter, niter, nitre, rewin, trine, twier, twine, write. | |
-2 letters: newt, nite, rein, rent, rite, tern, tier, tine, tire, twin, weir, went, wert, wine, wire, wite, wren, writ. | |
-3 letters: ern, ire, net, new, nit, rei, ret, rin, ten, tew, tie, tin, wen, wet, win, wit. | |
-4 letters: en, er, et, in, it, ne, re, ti. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-i-n-r-t-w" | |
+1 letter: tawnier, tinware, twiners, twinier, winters, wintery, writhen, written. | |
+2 letters: antiwear, interrow, interwar, knitwear, strewing, timeworn, tinwares, towering, twangier, twinkler, watering, whitener, wintered, winterer, winterly, wintrier, wresting. | |
+3 letters: brawniest, browniest, cowritten, handwrite, interflow, interview, interwork, interwove, midwinter, newsprint, nightwear, nonwriter, nowhither, rainwater, rewetting, rewriting, rewritten, troweling, twinberry, twinklers, unwariest, unwritten, waterings, waterline, weltering, westering, whereinto, whiteners, winterers, winterier, wintering, winterize, wintriest, withering, worriment, wreathing, wrestling, wuthering. | |
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