WINTERIZE

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Dictionary entry overview: What does winterize mean?

• WINTERIZE (verb)
The verb WINTERIZE has 1 sense:

1. prepare for winter

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

Dictionary entry details

• WINTERIZE (verb)

Conjugation:

Present simple: I / you / we / they winterize

... he / she / it winterizes

Past simple: winterized

Past participle: winterized

-ing form: winterizing

Sense 1

Meaning:

Prepare for winter

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

winterise; winterize

Context example:

winterize your houses

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

fix; gear up; prepare; ready; set; set up (make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Antonym:

summerize (prepare for summer)

Derivation:

winter (the coldest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox)

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