season

Definition of Season in English :

Noun

1. season

a period of the year marked by special events or activities in some field

Example Sentences:
'he celebrated his 10th season with the ballet company'
'she always looked forward to the avocado season'

2. season, time of year

one of the natural periods into which the year is divided by the equinoxes and solstices or atmospheric conditions

Example Sentences:
'the regular sequence of the seasons'

time of year

3. season

a recurrent time marked by major holidays

Example Sentences:
'it was the Christmas season'

Verb

4. flavor, flavour, season

lend flavor to

Example Sentences:
'Season the chicken breast after roasting it'

5. harden, season

make fit

Example Sentences:
'This trip will season even the hardiest traveller'

harden

6. mollify, season, temper

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

Example Sentences:
'she tempered her criticism'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Season

see synonyms of season

noun

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

a period of the year characterized by particular conditions or activities

the rainy season

the period during which any particular species of animal, bird, or fish is legally permitted to be caught or killed

open season on red deer

a period during which a particular entertainment, sport, etc, takes place

a season at the National Theatre

the football season

the tourist season

(esp formerly) a period of fashionable social events in a particular place

the London season

any definite or indefinite period

any of the major periods into which the ecclesiastical calendar is divided, such as Lent, Advent, or Easter

8. (sometimes capital)

Christmas (esp in the phrases compliments of the season, Season's greetings)

a period or time that is considered proper, suitable, or natural for something

10. in good season

11. in season

verb

12. (transitive)

to add herbs, salt, pepper, or spice to (food)

13. (transitive)

to add zest to

14.

(in the preparation of timber) to undergo or cause to undergo drying

15. (tr; usually passive)

to make or become mature or experienced

seasoned troops

16. (transitive)

to mitigate or temper

to season one's admiration with reticence

Season

see synonyms of season

noun

any of the four arbitrary divisions of the year, characterized chiefly by differences in temperature, precipitation, amount of daylight, and plant growth; spring, summer, fall (or autumn), or winter

a time or part of the year during which a specified kind of agricultural work is done or a specified kind of weather prevails

the harvest season, the rainy season

the time when something specified flourishes, develops, takes place, or is popular, permitted, or at its best

the opera season, the hunting season

a period of time

a slack season in business

the suitable, fitting, or convenient time

the period of time during which a specified festival or holiday occurs

the Christmas season

7. Obsolete

something that seasons

verb transitive

to make (food) more tasty by adding salt, spices, etc.

to add zest or interest to

to season a lecture with humor

10.

to make more suitable for use; improve the quality of, as by aging, drying, etc.; cure; mature

to season lumber

to give (an athlete, actor, etc.) experience to increase skill

many tours seasoned him as an actor

11.

to make used to; accustom; inure; acclimate

seasoned to a hard life

12.

to make less harsh or severe; temper; soften

discipline seasoned with kindness

verb intransitive

13.

to become seasoned, as wood by drying

Season

see synonyms of season

a. One of the four natural divisions of the year, spring, summer, fall, and winter, in the North and South Temperate zones. Each season, beginning astronomically at an equinox or solstice, is characterized by specific meteorological or climatic conditions.

b. The two divisions of the year, rainy and dry, in some tropical regions.

2. A recurrent period characterized by certain occurrences, occupations, festivities, or crops: the holiday season; tomato season.

3. A suitable, natural, or convenient time: a season for merriment.

4. A period of time: gone for a season.

v. sea·soned, sea·son·ing, sea·sons

v.tr.

1. To improve or enhance the flavor of (food) by adding salt, spices, herbs, or other flavorings.

2. To add zest, piquancy, or interest to: seasoned the lecture with jokes.

3. To treat or dry (lumber, for example) until ready for use; cure.

4. To render competent through trial and experience: a lawyer who had been seasoned by years in the trial courts.

5. To accustom or inure; harden: troops who had been seasoned in combat. See Synonyms at harden.

6. To moderate; temper.

v.intr.

To become usable, competent, or tempered.

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