summer

Definitions

1. noun

   The warmest season of the year, after spring.

   Examples

   • We love the heat of summer.
   • The end of summer is near.
2. noun

   In poetry, a year of a person's age.

   Examples

   • He was barely eighteen summers old.
   • She had seen not more than twenty summers.
3. noun

   The best and happiest time of something.

   Examples

   • These are the summer years of our lives.
   • He looked back fondly on the summer of his career.
4. noun

   A person whose coloring suits cool, soft colors.

   Examples

   • The stylist told her she was a summer and suggested cooler tones.
   • As a summer, she looks best in blues and soft pinks.
5. verb

   To spend the summer somewhere.

   Examples

   • The rich man summered on the Riviera.
   • They summered at their lake house every year.
6. noun

   A large horizontal beam that supports a building.

   Examples

   • The main summers of the house were beginning to sag.
   • Carpenters inspected the summer beam before the repairs.
   ≈summerbeam≈summertree
7. noun

   In old use, a horse used to carry loads.

   Examples

   • The traders loaded their goods onto a summer for the trip.
   • A summer carried supplies over the mountain pass.
8. noun

   A person who adds up numbers.

   Examples

   • The clerk, a careful summer, checked every column twice.
   • As the office summer, she balanced the books each month.
9. noun

   A machine or program part that adds values together.

   Examples

   • The summer adds the two signals together.
   • The output of the summer goes into the next stage.
   ≈totaller