Definition of "summer" in English

noun

1. One of four seasons, traditionally the second, marked by the longest and typically hottest days of the year due to the inclination of the Earth and thermal lag. Typically regarded as spanning either the period between the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox, or the months of June, July, and August in the Northern Hemisphere and the months of December, January and February in the Southern Hemisphere.

   • the heat of summer

2. (poetic or humorous) year; used to give the age of a person, usually a young one.

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

3. (figuratively) Most flourishing, happy, or beautiful period; golden age, prime.

4. (countable, fashion) Someone with light, pinkish skin that has a blue undertone, light hair and eyes, seen as best suited to certain colors of clothing.

verb

1. (intransitive) To spend the summer, as in a particular place on holiday.

   • We like to summer in the Mediterranean.

noun

1. (architecture) A horizontal beam supporting a building.

2. (obsolete) A pack-horse.

noun

1. A person who sums.

2. A machine or algorithm that sums.