- season - a period of the year marked by special events or activities in some field; "he celebrated his 10th season with the ballet company"; "she always looked forward to the avocado season"
--1 is a kind of time period, period of time, period
--1 has particulars:- season, time of year - one of the natural periods into which the year is divided by the equinoxes and solstices or atmospheric conditions; "the regular sequence of the seasons"
--2 is a kind of time period, period of time, period
--2 is a part of year
--2 has particulars:harvest, harvest time; haying, haying time; fall, autumn; spring, springtime; summer, summertime; winter, wintertime; rainy season; dry season - season - a recurrent time marked by major holidays; "it was the Christmas season"
--3 is a kind of time period, period of time, period
--3 has particulars:Michaelmastide; Lammastide; Eastertide; Twelfthtide; Allhallowtide; Christmas, Christmastide, Christmastime, Yule, Yuletide, Noel; Advent; Shrovetide; Lent, Lententide - season, time of year - one of the natural periods into which the year is divided by the equinoxes and solstices or atmospheric conditions; "the regular sequence of the seasons"
- season, flavor, flavour - lend flavor to; "Season the chicken breast after roasting it"
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun seasoner1, noun seasoner2, noun seasoning1, noun seasoning2
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- season, harden - make fit; "This trip will season even the hardiest traveller"
--2 is one way to toughen
Sample sentence:
Something ----s somebody
- temper, season, mollify - make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate; "she tempered her criticism"
--3 is one way to weaken
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something