season
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(verb) make fit; "This trip will season even the hardiest traveller" |
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Synonyms: harden |
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Related Words: toughen |
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(verb) lend flavor to |
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Synonyms: flavor, flavour |
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Related Words: resinate, salt, sauce, savor, savour, spice, spice up |
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(noun) one of the natural periods into which the year is divided by the equinoxes and solstices or atmospheric conditions; "the regular sequence of the seasons" |
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Synonyms: time of year |
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Related Words: amount of time, autumn, dry season, fall, harvest, harvest time, haying, haying time, period, period of time, rainy season, spring, springtime, summer, summertime, time period, winter, wintertime |
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(noun) a recurrent time marked by major holidays; "it was the Christmas season" |
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Related Words: Advent, Allhallowtide, Christmas, Christmastide, Christmastime, Eastertide, Lammastide, Lent, Lententide, Michaelmastide, Noel, Shrovetide, Twelfthtide, Yule, Yuletide, amount of time, period, period of time, time period |
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(noun) a period of the year marked by special events or activities in some field; "he celebrated his 10th season with the ballet company" or "she always looked forward to the avocado season" |
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Related Words: Whitsun, Whitsuntide, Whitweek, amount of time, baseball season, basketball season, exhibition season, fishing season, football season, growing season, hockey season, hunting season, period, period of time, preseason, seedtime, sheepshearing, social season, theatrical season, time period |
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(verb) make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate; "she tempered her criticism" |
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Synonyms: temper |
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Related Words: weaken |
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