- summer⇄adj. 1. of summer; in summer.
Ex. a summer night, summer flowers, summer heat. (Figurative.) Some happy summer isle (William Morris).
2. used in summer; for summer.
Ex. summer clothes, a summer cottage.
3. held in or during the - summer⇄noun 1. the warmest season of the year; season of the year between spring and autumn.
Ex. Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate (Shakespeare).
2. (Figurative.) anything considered like summer in its - summer⇄summer (1), noun, adjective, verb.
- summer⇄summer (2), noun.
1. a horizontal bearing beam in a building, especially the main beam supporting the girders or joists of a floor (or occasionally the rafters of a roof).
2. a large stone laid over a column in beginning a cross vault. - summer⇄v.i. to spend the summer.
Ex. to summer at the seashore. - summer⇄v.t. to keep or feed during the summer; arrange or manage during the summer.
Ex. to summer the stock, to summer cattle in the mountains.