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summer¹ noun 1 (also Summer) the warmest season of the year, between spring and autumn, extending from about June to August in the N hemisphere and from about December to February in the S hemisphere. 2 the warm sunny weather that is associated with summer • a beautiful summer's day. See also Indian summer. 3 astron the period of the year between the summer solstice and the autumnal equinox (see under equinox). 4 literary a time of greatest energy, happiness, etc; a heyday • in the summer of her life. 5 (usually summers) old use, poetic a year, especially as thought of in terms of someone's age • an old lady of ninety summers. verb (summered, summering) 1 to pass the summer • summered in Nice. 2 to put (livestock) to pasture for the summer • summered their sheep on the hillside. summerlike or summery adj.
ETYMOLOGY: Anglo-Saxon sumer.

summer² noun (also summer-tree) a horizontal load-bearing beam, especially one that supports the girders or joists of a floor or, less commonly, the rafters of a roof.
ETYMOLOGY: 14c: from French sumer, from somier pack-horse or beam, from Greek sagma a pack-saddle.