Season
['siːz(ə)n] or ['sizn]
Definition
(noun.) one of the natural periods into which the year is divided by the equinoxes and solstices or atmospheric conditions; 'the regular sequence of the seasons'.
(noun.) a recurrent time marked by major holidays; 'it was the Christmas season'.
(noun.) a period of the year marked by special events or activities in some field; 'he celebrated his 10th season with the ballet company'; 'she always looked forward to the avocado season'.
(verb.) make fit; 'This trip will season even the hardiest traveller'.
(verb.) lend flavor to; 'Season the chicken breast after roasting it'.
Checker: Mattie--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) One of the divisions of the year, marked by alternations in the length of day and night, or by distinct conditions of temperature, moisture, etc., caused mainly by the relative position of the earth with respect to the sun. In the north temperate zone, four seasons, namely, spring, summer, autumn, and winter, are generally recognized. Some parts of the world have three seasons, -- the dry, the rainy, and the cold; other parts have but two, -- the dry and the rainy.
(n.) Hence, a period of time, especially as regards its fitness for anything contemplated or done; a suitable or convenient time; proper conjuncture; as, the season for planting; the season for rest.
(n.) A period of time not very long; a while; a time.
(n.) That which gives relish; seasoning.
(v. t.) To render suitable or appropriate; to prepare; to fit.
(v. t.) To fit for any use by time or habit; to habituate; to accustom; to inure; to ripen; to mature; as, to season one to a climate.
(v. t.) Hence, to prepare by drying or hardening, or removal of natural juices; as, to season timber.
(v. t.) To fit for taste; to render palatable; to give zest or relish to; to spice; as, to season food.
(v. t.) Hence, to fit for enjoyment; to render agrecable.
(v. t.) To qualify by admixture; to moderate; to temper.
(v. t.) To imbue; to tinge or taint.
(v. t.) To copulate with; to impregnate.
(v. i.) To become mature; to grow fit for use; to become adapted to a climate.
(v. i.) To become dry and hard, by the escape of the natural juices, or by being penetrated with other substance; as, timber seasons in the sun.
(v. i.) To give token; to savor.
Edited by Griffith
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Period of the year.[2]. Time, conjuncture, interval, spell, term, space of time.
v. a. [1]. Habituate, accustom, inure, harden, form, train, fit by habit.[2]. Mature, prepare.[3]. Make palatable, give relish to, give zest to.[4]. Moderate, temper, qualify.
v. n. Be seasoned, become seasoned.
Editor: Lois
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Period, time, conjuncture, while, occasion, opportunity, suitableness,timeliness
ANT:Untimeliness, unsuitableness, contretemps, unseasonableness
Checked by Alfreda
Definition
n. one of the four periods of the year: the usual or proper time for anything: any particular time: any period of time esp. of some continuance but not long: seasoning relish.—v.t. to mature: to prepare for use: to accustom or fit for use by any process: to fit for the taste: to give relish to: to mingle: to moderate temper or qualify by admixture: to inure imbue tinge or taint: to preserve from decay.—v.i. to become seasoned or matured: to grow fit for use: to become inured.—adj. Sea′sonable happening in due season: occurring in good suitable or proper time: timely opportune.—n. Sea′sonableness.—adv. Sea′sonably.—adj. Sea′sonal.—adv. Sea′sonally.—n. Sea′soner one who or that which seasons: a sailor &c. who hires for the season: a loafer a beach-comber.—Season ticket (see Ticket).—Close season close time; In season ripe fit and ready for use: allowed to be killed fit to be eaten edible; In season and out of season at all times; Out of season inopportune; The four seasons the ember or fast days of the Church on days set apart in each of the four seasons.
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Examples
- It's the best joke of the season, isn't it? Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- The system thus entered on, I pursued during the whole season of probation; and with the best success. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- They have all, after a short season of promise, dropped out of notice; and the only one that is still in the field, struggling for superiority, is the air engine. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Miss Ophelia shut her mouth for a season. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- This consisted of every rare delicacy, in and out of season. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Well, said Haley, after they had both silently picked their nuts for a season, what do you say? Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- It was rather a cool evening for the season of the year, and the gentleman drew his chair aside to afford the new-comer a sight of the fire. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The seasons most unfavourable to the crop are those of excessive drought or excessive rain. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Let us help each other through seasons of want and woe as well as we can, without heeding in the least the scruples of vain philosophy. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- He was not very wise; but he was a man about town, and had seen several seasons. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Hence the air of gusts and hurricanes is cold, though in hot climates and seasons; it coming from above. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- No one had ever carried the hay away and the four seasons that had passed had flattened the cocks and made the hay worthless. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Last of all they will conclude:--This is he who gives us the year and the seasons, and is the author of all that we see. Plato. The Republic.
- A good rice field is a bog at all seasons, and at one season a bog covered with water. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The red ball is dyed after seasoning, and at the time of final turning called finishing. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- It must be played--in went the yearned-for seasoning--thus favoured, I played it with relish. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Oh, I know--Gerty's a trump, and worth all the rest of us put together; but A LA LONGUE you're used to a little higher seasoning, aren't you, dear? Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- They knew how to sweat, dry, and smoke the skins, and this crude seasoning process was the forerunner of modern tanning. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- After seasoning, the balls are smoothed with shagreen and polished. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Pulverous particles got into the dishes, and Society's meats had a seasoning of first-rate footmen. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- The thin seasoning on the surface seems to act as a shell which keeps raw the substance underneath. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Well-seasoned timber is an expensive article, sir; and all the iron handles come, by canal, from Birmingham. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- She hated him for the seasoned, semi-paternal animalism with which he regarded her, but she admired his weight of strength. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The machine made what was called peg wood, a long ribbon strip of seasoned wood, sharpened on one edge and designed to be fed into the machine for pegging shoes. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Charley seasoned his admiration with criticism of the gentlest kind, for the touch of Eustacia's hand yet remained with him. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- He was so well seasoned, that it was mere child's play. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Five thousand strong we were, all seasoned fighting-men of the most warlike race of the red men of Barsoom. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- They are then shipped to a factory where they are seasoned, being kiln dried. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
Typist: Margery