Collins English-English Dictionary

summer ['s^mə]

1. 1. n [sometimes capital] the warmest season of the year, between spring and autumn, astronomically from the June solstice to the September equinox in the N hemisphere and at the opposite time of year in the S hemisphere

2. 2. n (as modifier)

   summer flowers

   a summer dress

3. 3. n the period of hot weather associated with the summer

4. 4. n a time of blossoming, greatest happiness, etc

5. 5. n [chiefly poetic] a year represented by this season

   a child of nine summers

6. 6. vi. [intr] to spend the summer (at a place)

7. 7. vt. [tr] to keep or feed (farm animals) during the summer

   they summered their cattle on the mountain slopes

8. 8. vt. [Etymology] Old English sumor; related to Old Frisian sumur, Old Norse sumar, Old High German sumar, Sanskrit sama season

summer ['s^mə]

1. 1. n summer tree a large horizontal beam or girder, esp one that supports floor joists

2. 2. n another name for lintel

3. 3. n a stone on the top of a column, pier, or wall that supports an arch or lintel

4. 4. n [Etymology] C14: from Anglo-Norman somer, from Old French somier beam, packhorse, from Late Latin sagmarius (equus) pack(horse), from sagma a packsaddle, from Greek