season
1. a period of the year marked by special events or activities in some field (Freq. 40)
- he celebrated his 10th season with the ballet company
- she always looked forward to the avocado season
• Hypernyms:
time period, period of time, period
• Hyponyms:
growing season, seedtime, sheepshearing, holiday season, high season,
peak season, off-season, preseason, baseball season, basketball season, exhibition season,
fishing season, football season, hockey season, hunting season, social season, theatrical season,
Whitsun, Whitsuntide, Whitweek
2. one of the natural periods into which the year is divided by the equinoxes and solstices or atmospheric conditions (Freq. 14)
- the regular sequence of the seasons
• Syn:
time of year
• Hypernyms:
time period, period of time, period
• Hyponyms:
harvest, harvest time, haying, haying time, fall,
autumn, spring, springtime, summer, summertime, winter,
wintertime, rainy season, dry season
• Part Holonyms:
year
3. a recurrent time marked by major holidays
- it was the Christmas season
• Hypernyms:
time period, period of time, period
• Hyponyms:
Michaelmastide, Lammastide, Eastertide, Twelfthtide, Allhallowtide,
Christmas, Christmastide, Christmastime, Yule, Yuletide, Noel,
Advent, Shrovetide, Lent, Lententide
1. lend flavor to
- Season the chicken breast after roasting it
• Syn:
flavor, flavour
• Derivationally related forms:
flavour (for: flavour), flavourer (for: flavour), flavouring (for: flavour), flavor (for: flavor), flavorer (for: flavor), flavoring (for: flavor), seasoner, seasoning
• Topics:
cooking, cookery, preparation
• Hyponyms:
sauce, curry, resinate, zest, spice,
spice up, savor, savour, salt
• Cause:
taste, savor, savour
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
2. make fit
- This trip will season even the hardiest traveller
• Syn:
harden
• Hypernyms:
toughen
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s somebody
3. make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else;
moderate
- she tempered her criticism
• Syn:
temper, mollify
• Derivationally related forms:
mollification (for: mollify)
• Hypernyms:
weaken
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
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