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OVERWINTER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does overwinter mean? 

OVERWINTER (verb)
  The verb OVERWINTER has 1 sense:

1. spend the winterplay

  Familiarity information: OVERWINTER used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


OVERWINTER (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they overwinter  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it overwinters  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: overwintered  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: overwintered  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: overwintering  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Spend the winter

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

overwinter; winter

Context example:

Shackleton's men overwintered on Elephant Island

Hypernyms (to "overwinter" is one way to...):

pass; spend (use up a period of time in a specific way)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP


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