overwinter

About 0.12 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To keep or preserve for the winter.

   It is best to overwinter tender plants indoors.

2. verb To spend the winter (in a particular place).

   Insects may overwinter in fallen fruit if it is not removed.

3. adjective Occurring over the winter season.
4. adverb During the winter.

Similar words

wintering wintertime hibernate winter larvae outwinter in-winter winterize bewinter winterise

Often followed by

in as on and survival at mortality under them

Word family

overwintered overwintering overwinters