Word Finder - seasons

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Each of the four divisions of a year: spring, summer, autumn (fall) and winter

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• yeartide
• yeartime

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A part of a year when something particular happens

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mating season

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That which gives relish; seasoning.

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The period over which a series of Test matches are played.

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A group of episodes of a television or radio program broadcast in regular intervals with a long break between each group, usually with one year between the beginning of each.

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The third season of Friends aired from 1996 to 1997.

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• series (British English)

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An extended, undefined period of time.

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The full set of downloadable content for a game, which can be purchased with a season pass.

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A fixed period of time in a massively multiplayer online game in which new content (themes, rules, modes, etc.) becomes available, sometimes replacing earlier content.

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To make fit for any use by time or habit; to habituate; to accustom; to inure.

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to season oneself to a climate

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(by extension) To prepare by drying or hardening, or removal of natural juices.

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The timber needs to be seasoned.

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To become mature; to grow fit for use; to become adapted to a climate.

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To become dry and hard, by the escape of the natural juices, or by being penetrated with other substance.

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The wood has seasoned in the sun.

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To mingle: to moderate, temper, or qualify by admixture.

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To copulate with; to impregnate.

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To flavour food with spices, herbs or salt.

After several seasons and seventeen children, we discovered the right age for a host.

In all of these water of relatively high salinity usually appears for a long distance towards the north on the eastern side of the channel, while on the western side the water is comparatively fresh; but great variations occur at different seasons and in different years.

As a result, however, partly of the usual want of work on the grasslands in certain seasons, there has been a considerable emigration to America.

The wet seasons that set in at the end of the 'seventies led to so much hindrance in the work on the land that the aid of steam was further called for, and it seemed probable that there would be a lessened demand for horse power.

I grew in those seasons like corn in the night, and they were far better than any work of the hands would have been.

Throughout Britain, as a rule, this species is one of the most plentiful birds, and is found at all seasons of the year.

Labour difficulties, low prices of produce, bad seasons and similar causes provided inducements for leaving the land in grass for two years, or over three years or more, before breaking it up for wheat.

You were part of my school life and the rest of the seasons.

It was a community where I could see Betsy and me raising children and watching grandchildren while four distinct seasons rolled slowly by, marking the years one by one.

My frustration forced action of some sort so I picked up the phone and dialed Howie and Julie's room at the Four Seasons in Santa Barbara.

She rarely combed her hair, owned no more than three or four shapeless dresses, which appeared in all seasons, most of which were stained and wrinkled.

This part of northwest Arkansas enjoyed four full seasons.

Although new-born fawns are spotted, the adults are in the main uniformly coloured; the general tint of the coat at all seasons being reddish tawny with a more or less marked tendency to grey.

To command a regular supply, however, at all seasons, the use of a mushroom-house will be found very convenient.

There are two wet seasons, the first lasting from March till June, the second from September to November.

At certain seasons the wound bleeds, and the organismssome of which, by the bye, are remarkable and interesting formsmultiply in the nutritious sap and ferment it.

The two most prominent causes assigned for the depression were bad seasons and foreign competition, aggravated by the increased cost of production and the heavy losses of live stock.

There are, in fact, existing forms of Exopterygota that are usually wingless, and that nevertheless appear in certain seasons or localities with wings.

As genetic engineering and other advances in horticulture improve plant health and increase growing seasons, flowers will only increase in availability through a wider range of seasons.

Depression may also occur if the characteristics of light exposure change drastically; unrelated to seasons.

This is one of the more clear-cut depressive disorders being that the changes in moods correlated with the seasons make it easy for doctors to spot.

If you want the option of having different looks for different seasons, instead of buying several comforters that will take up a lot of storage space, consider purchasing a duvet cover.

Celebrity fashions change like the seasons, with today's hippest style trend quickly becoming tomorrow's fashion faux pas.

The parody Celebrity Deathmatch, created by Eric Fogel, ran on MTV for a total of six seasons in two different stints, finally leaving the airwaves in 2007.

Although the show was met with negative reviews, the ratings from Anderson's fan base kept it running for four seasons until it was canceled.

Over the next four seasons, viewers continued to tune in to watch the day-to-day life of the new golden couple.

He received the NBA Most Valuable Player Award during the 1987-88, 1990-91, 1991-92, 1995-96, and 1997-98 seasons.

Along with Wilt Chamberlain, Michael shares the NBA record for most consecutive seasons leading the league in scoring.

The series only ran for two seasons but was hugely popular and made Alba a household name.

Early 2007 - Seasons of Dust - Bloom stars as Ricky in the Depression era drama, opposite his on-again, off-again girlfriend Kate Bosworth.

Hoping to continue the momentum set by the first two seasons, ABC has announced the third season of the popular Dancing with the Stars.

For the following few seasons, they dated other people while alternatively hiding their feelings for one another.

As we know from previous seasons of The Simple Life, the show is all about spontaneity and reality.

Following Kids Incorporated's run of five seasons, Ferguson sang backup for fellow Kids star Martika, before forming the trio Wild Orchid in the mid-1990s.

The Amazing Race All-Stars will bring back some of the more popular teams from seasons' past, most notably, "Rob and Amber" and "Team Kentucky."

Rob and Amber are no strangers to the all-star circuit, having played on different seasons of Survivor before meeting on Survivor All-Stars.

Over the six seasons that The Surreal Life has aired, there have been a variety of interesting characters.

The concept works, as evidenced by celebrity shows that keep returning for numerous seasons, as well as a number of new shows in 2007.

The show weathered two seasons, from April 2005 to March 2006.

Celebrity tournaments typically air for one week each year, although there have been seasons where more than one week of celebrity shows were broadcast.

The fourth edition of Celebrity Fit Club, which aired in 2006, followed the same format as previous seasons.

Host Phil Keoghan noted that the all stars represented "the teams [who] have earned the most attention over the last 10 seasons."

Hope and Faith fared well the first two seasons on ABC, but ratings dwindled and the show was cancelled after its third season in 2006.

Alice was a geranium Cynthia had lovingly rescued from certain death by frost last September when the rest of their first year garden succumbed to the advancing seasons.

In some tropical stations, at certain seasons of the year, thunder is almost a daily occurrence.

The northern part of the Gran Chaco is partly wooded and swampy, and as the slope eastward is very gentle and the rivers much obstructed by sand bars, floating trees and vegetation, large areas are regularly flooded during rainy seasons.

This system is mischievous, since, if a few consecutive bad seasons occur, the farmer moves to some more favoured spot; while, on the other hand, a succession of good years tends to increase rents.

This is especially the case with the tributaries of the Darling on its left bank, where in seasons of great rains these rivers overspread their banks and flood the flat country for miles around and thus reach the main stream.

They are flooded of ter rain, and in seasons of drought many of them, especially the tributaries of the Darling, become chains of ponds.

In seasons of drought they are hardly more than swamps and mud flats, which for a time may become a grassy plain, or desolate coast encrusted with salt.