Definition of "summer"

summer¹

/ˈsʌmə(ɹ)/

noun
countable and uncountable, plural summers
1. One of four seasons, traditionally the second, marked by the longest and typically hottest days of the year due to the inclination of the Earth and thermal lag. Typically regarded as being from June 21 to September 22 or 23 in parts of the USA, the months of June, July and August in the United Kingdom and the months of December, January and February in the Southern Hemisphere.
  Quotations
  Ne take noon hede to brynge togidere þe parties of þe boon þat is to-broken or dislocate, til viij. daies ben goon in þe wyntir, & v. in þe somer; for þanne it schal make quytture, and be sikir from swellynge; & þanne brynge togidere þe brynkis eiþer þe disiuncture after þe techynge þat schal be seid in þe chapitle of algebra.
  a1420, The British Museum Additional MS, 12,056, “Wounds complicated by the Dislocation of a Bone”, in Robert von Fleischhacker, editor, Lanfranc's "Science of cirurgie.", London: K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co, translation of original by Lanfranc of Milan, published 1894, page 63
  At twilight in the summer there is never anybody to fear—man, woman, or cat—in the chambers and at that hour the mice come out. They do not eat parchment or foolscap or red tape, but they eat the luncheon crumbs.
  1892, Walter Besant, chapter II, in The Ivory Gate […], New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […]
  A chap named Eleazir Kendrick and I had chummed in together the summer afore and built a fish-weir and shanty at Setuckit Point, down Orham way. For a spell we done pretty well.
  1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 1, in Mr. Pratt's Patients
  A waiter brought his aperitif, which was a small scotch and soda, and as he sipped it gratefully he sighed. ¶ ‘Civilized,’ he said to Mr. Campion. ‘Humanizing.’ […] ‘Cigars and summer days and women in big hats with swansdown face-powder, that's what it reminds me of.’
  1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 5, in The China Governess‎
2. (poetic or humorous) year; used to give the age of a person, usually a young one.
3. (figuratively) Most flourishing, happy, or beautiful period; golden age, prime.
  Quotations
  O! craving heart, for the lost flowersAnd sunshine of my summer hours!
  1829, Edgar Allan Poe, “Tamerlane”, in Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane and Minor Poems
4. (countable, fashion) Someone with light, pinkish skin that has a blue undertone, light hair and eyes, seen as best suited to certain colors of clothing.
verb
third-person singular simple present summers, present participle summering, simple past and past participle summered
1. (intransitive) To spend the summer, as in a particular place on holiday.

summer²

/ˈsʌmə(ɹ)/

noun
plural summers
1. (architecture) A horizontal beam supporting a building.
  Quotations
  And we are warned, that the foundation or maine summers of our houses faile and shrinke, when we see the quarters bend, or wals to breake.
  1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 43, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book I, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], page 146
2. (obsolete) A pack-horse.

summer³

/ˈsʌmə(ɹ)/

noun
plural summers
1. A person who sums.
2. A machine or algorithm that sums.
  Quotations
  A basic feedback system consists of ... and a summing point (comparator or summer).
  2014, Michael R. Lindeburg, chapter 48, in FE Mechanical Review Manual, page 2
  The output of the summer is therefore fed into the input of the first integrator.
  2016, George H. Olsen, Ian Burdess, Computers and Microprocessors: Made Simple, page 36

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