Dictionary Entry
season
season is a 6-letter English word with 21 senses as noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 7 · 21 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
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.
- 2noun
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.
- 3noun
A period of time not very long; a while; a time.
- 4noun
That which gives relish; seasoning.
- 5transitive verb
To render suitable or appropriate; to prepare; to fit.
- 6transitive verb
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.
- 7transitive verb
Hence, to prepare by drying or hardening, or removal of natural juices; as, to season timber.
- 8transitive verb
To fit for taste; to render palatable; to give zest or relish to; to spice; as, to season food.
- 9transitive verb
Hence, to fit for enjoyment; to render agrecable.
- 10transitive verb
To qualify by admixture; to moderate; to temper.
- 11transitive verb
To imbue; to tinge or taint.
- 12transitive verb
To copulate with; to impregnate.
- 13intransitive verb
To become mature; to grow fit for use; to become adapted to a climate.
- 14intransitive verb
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.
- 15intransitive verb
To give token; to savor.
- 16noun
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"
- 17noun
a recurrent time marked by major holidays
"it was the Christmas season"
- 18noun
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"
- 19verb
make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate
"she tempered her criticism"
- 20verb
make fit
"This trip will season even the hardiest traveller"
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- 21verb
lend flavor to
"Season the chicken breast after roasting it"
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