summer
1. the warmest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox (Freq. 58) - they spent a lazy summer at the shore • Syn: summertime • Derivationally related forms: summery, summerize • Hypernyms: season, time of year • Part Meronyms: summer solstice, June 21, midsummer, dog days, canicule, canicular days 2. the period of finest development, happiness, or beauty - the golden summer of his life • Usage Domain: trope, figure of speech, figure, image • Hypernyms: time of life
spend the summer - We summered in Kashmir • Hypernyms: spend, pass • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s - Somebody ----s PP
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