English English Dictionary

English English Dictionary

The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg

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Summer (v. i.)

To pass the summer; to spend the warm season; as, to summer in Switzerland.

Summer (v. t.)

To keep or carry through the summer; to feed during the summer; as, to summer stock.

Summer-fallow (v. t.)

To plow and work in summer, in order to prepare for wheat or other crop; to plow and let lie fallow.

Summered (imp. & p. p.)

of Summer

Summerhouse (n.)

A rustic house or apartment in a garden or park, to be used as a pleasure resort in summer.

Summerhouses (pl. )

of Summerhouse

Summering (p. pr. & vb. n.)

of Summer

Summerliness (n.)

The quality or state of being like summer.

Summersault (n.)

Alt. of Summerset

Summerset (n.)

See Somersault, Somerset.

Summerstir (v. t.)

To summer-fallow.

Summertide (n.)

Summer time.

Summertree (n.)

A summer. See 2d Summer.

Summery (a.)

Of or pertaining to summer; like summer; as, a summery day.

Summing (p. pr. & vb. n.)

of Sum

Summist (n.)

One who sums up; one who forms an abridgment or summary.

Summit (n.)

The top; the highest point.

Summit (n.)

The highest degree; the utmost elevation; the acme; as, the summit of human fame.

Summit (n.)

The most elevated part of a bivalve shell, or the part in which the hinge is situated.

Summitless (a.)

Having no summit.