ALL meanings of season
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S s - transitive verb season pan: prepare for use 1
- intransitive verb season enliven with sth 1
- noun season one of the four periods of the year (spring, summer, autumn, and winter), beginning astronomically at an equinox or solstice, but geographically at different dates in different climates. 1
- noun season a period of the year characterized by particular conditions of weather, temperature, etc.: the rainy season. 1
- noun season a period of the year when something is best or available: the oyster season. 1
- noun season a period of the year marked by certain conditions, activities, etc.: baseball season. 1
- noun season a period of the year immediately before and after a special holiday or occasion: the Christmas season. 1
- noun season Sports. a period with reference to the total number of games to be played by a team: a 162-game season. a period with reference to the won-lost record of a team after it has completed its schedule: a .700 season. 1
- noun season any period or time: in the season of my youth. 1
- noun season a suitable, proper, fitting, or right time: This is not the season for frivolity. 1
- verb with object season to heighten or improve the flavor of (food) by adding condiments, spices, herbs, or the like. 1
- verb with object season to give relish or a certain character to: conversation seasoned with wit. 1
- verb with object season to mature, ripen, or condition by exposure to suitable conditions or treatment: a writer seasoned by experience. 1
- verb with object season to dry or otherwise treat (lumber) so as to harden and render immune to shrinkage, warpage, etc. 1
- verb with object season to accustom or harden: troops seasoned by battle. 1
- verb without object season to become seasoned, matured, hardened, or the like. 1
- idioms season for a season, for a time, especially a short time: He lived in Paris for a season. 1
- idioms season in good season, in enough time; sufficiently early: Applicants will be notified of our decision in good season. 1
- idioms season in season, in the time or state for use, eating, etc.: Asparagus is now in season. in the period regulated by law, as for hunting and fishing. at the right time; opportunely. (of an animal, especially female) in a state of readiness for mating; in heat. in good season. 1
- idioms season in season and out of season, regardless of time or season; at all times: Misfortunes plague this family in season and out of season. 1
- idioms season out of season, not in season: The price is so high because lilacs are out of season now. 1
- noun season quarter of the year 1
- noun season fruit, etc: prime period 1
- noun season sport: active period 1
- noun season TV show: group of episodes 1
- transitive verb season add salt, pepper, spice to 1
- intransitive verb season spice with sth 1
- transitive verb season wood, timber: allow to dry 1
- countable noun season The seasons are the main periods into which a year can be divided and which each have their own typical weather conditions. 0
- countable noun season You can use season to refer to the period during each year when a particular activity or event takes place. For example, the planting season is the period when a particular plant or crop is planted. 0
- countable noun season You can use season to refer to the period when a particular fruit, vegetable, or other food is ready for eating and is widely available. 0
- countable noun season You can use season to refer to a fixed period during each year when a particular sport is played. 0
- countable noun season A season is a period in which a play or show, or a series of plays or shows, is performed in one place. 0
- countable noun season A season of films is several of them shown as a series because they are connected in some way. 0
- countable noun season The holiday or vacation season is the time when most people have their holiday. 0
- verb season If you season food with salt, pepper, or spices, you add them to it in order to improve its flavour. 0
- verb season If wood is seasoned, it is made suitable for making into furniture or for burning, usually by being allowed to dry out gradually. 0
- noun season one of the four equal periods into which the year is divided by the equinoxes and solstices, resulting from the apparent movement of the sun north and south of the equator during the course of the earth's orbit around it. These periods (spring, summer, autumn, and winter) have their characteristic weather conditions in different regions, and occur at opposite times of the year in the N and S hemispheres 0
- noun season a period of the year characterized by particular conditions or activities 0
- noun season the period during which any particular species of animal, bird, or fish is legally permitted to be caught or killed 0
- noun season a period during which a particular entertainment, sport, etc, takes place 0
- noun season (esp formerly) a period of fashionable social events in a particular place 0
- noun season any definite or indefinite period 0
- noun season any of the major periods into which the ecclesiastical calendar is divided, such as Lent, Advent, or Easter 0
- noun season Christmas (esp in the phrases compliments of the season, Season's greetings) 0
- noun season a period or time that is considered proper, suitable, or natural for something 0
- verb season to add herbs, salt, pepper, or spice to (food) 0
- verb season to add zest to 0
- verb season (in the preparation of timber) to undergo or cause to undergo drying 0
- verb season to make or become mature or experienced 0