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

1. noun. 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.
2. noun. 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.
3. noun. A period of time not very long; a while; a time.
4. noun. That which gives relish; seasoning.
5. transitive verb. To render suitable or appropriate; to prepare; to fit.
6. transitive 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.
7. transitive verb. Hence, to prepare by drying or hardening, or removal of natural juices; as, to season timber.
8. transitive verb. To fit for taste; to render palatable; to give zest or relish to; to spice; as, to season food.
9. transitive verb. Hence, to fit for enjoyment; to render agrecable.
10. transitive verb. To qualify by admixture; to moderate; to temper.
11. transitive verb. To imbue; to tinge or taint.
12. transitive verb. To copulate with; to impregnate.
13. intransitive verb. To become mature; to grow fit for use; to become adapted to a climate.
14. intransitive 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.
15. intransitive verb. To give token; to savor.
16. 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"

17. noun. a recurrent time marked by major holidays

    "it was the Christmas season"

18. 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"

19. verb. make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate

    "she tempered her criticism"

    Synonyms: mollify, temper

20. verb. make fit

    "This trip will season even the hardiest traveller"

    Synonyms: harden

21. verb. lend flavor to

    "Season the chicken breast after roasting it"

    Synonyms: flavor, flavour

Synonyms

mollify, temper, harden, flavor, flavour

Common word forms

seasons, seasonal, seasoned, seasoner, seasoning, seasonable, seasonless

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