summer

summer

summer¹ [sum′ər]

n.

[ME sumer < OE sumor, akin to Ger sommer < IE base * sem-, summertime > Sans sámā, half year, season]

1. the warmest season of the year: in the North Temperate Zone, generally regarded as including the months of June, July, and August: in the astronomical year, that period between the summer solstice and the autumnal equinox

2. a year as reckoned by this season [a youth of sixteen summers]

3. any period of growth, development, fulfillment, perfection, etc.

adj.

1. of or typical of summer

2. designed for or taking place during summer [summer activities]

vi.

to pass the summer

vt.

to keep, feed, or maintain during the summer

summer² [sum′ər]

n.

[ME < OFr somier, pack horse < LL sagmarius, pack horse < sagma, pack saddle < Gr < base of sattein, to stuff]

1. a large, horizontal, supporting beam or girder

2. LINTEL

3. the capstone of a column supporting an arch or lintel