[ˈsʌmə], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the warmest season of the year, in the northern hemisphere from June to August and in the southern hemisphere from December to February
(e.g: this plant flowers in late summer)


Phrases:

Origin:
Old English sumor, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zomer, German Sommer, also to Sanskrit samā ‘year’

[ˈsʌmə], (Verb)

Definitions:
- spend the summer in a particular place
(e.g: well over 100 birds summered there in 1976)


Phrases:

Origin:
Old English sumor, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zomer, German Sommer, also to Sanskrit samā ‘year’

[ˈsʌmə], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a horizontal bearing beam, especially one supporting joists or rafters


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Origin:
Middle English: from Old French somier ‘packhorse’, from late Latin sagmarius, from Greek sagma ‘packsaddle’