summer

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sum•mer

[[t]ˈsʌm ər[/t]] n.

1) astron. the warm season between spring and autumn, in the Northern Hemisphere from the June solstice to the September equinox, and in the Southern Hemisphere from the December solstice to the March equinox

2) hot, usu. sunny weather

3) the hotter half of the year

(opposed to winter)

4) the period of greatest development, perfection, beauty, etc.:

the summer of life[/ex]

5) a year:

a girl of fifteen summers[/ex]

6) of or characteristic of summer

7) suitable for or done during the summer:

summer sports[/ex]

8) to spend or pass the summer

9) ahb. to keep, feed, or manage during the summer:

to summer sheep in high pastures[/ex]

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Etymology: bef. 900; ME sumer, OE sumor, c. OFris sumur, OOHG, ON sumar; akin to Skt samā half-year, year, OIr sam-, Welsh haf summer sum′mer•less, adj. sum′mer•like, sum′mer•ly, adj. II

sum•mer

[[t]ˈsʌm ər[/t]] n.

1) bui a principal beam or girder, as one used to support joists

2) bui a stone laid upon a pier, column, or wall, from which one or more arches spring

3) bui a beam or lintel

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Etymology: 1275–1325; ME somer < AF; OF somier packhorse, beam