| NOUN | time | season | a period of the year marked by special events or activities in some field / field |
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| time | season, time of year | one of the natural periods into which the year is divided by the equinoxes and solstices or atmospheric conditions | |
| time | season | a recurrent time marked by major holidays | |
| VERB | perception | season, flavor, flavour | lend flavor to |
| change | season, harden | make fit | |
| change | season, temper, mollify, moderate | make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else |
| Sounds | siy'zahn | |
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| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | A period of the year marked by special events or activities in some field / field. | |
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| Examples |
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| Narrower | Whitsun, Whitsuntide, Whitweek | Christian holiday |
| baseball season | The season when baseball is played | |
| basketball season | The season when basketball is played | |
| exhibition season | The time before the regular games / games begin when football or baseball teams play practice games | |
| fishing season | The season during which it is legal to catch fish | |
| football season | The season when football is played | |
| growing season | The season during which a crop grows best | |
| high season, peak season | The season when travel is most active and rates are highest | |
| hockey season | The season when hockey is played | |
| holiday season | A time when many people take holidays | |
| hunting season | The season during which it is legal to kill a particular species | |
| off-season | The season when travel is least active and rates are lowest | |
| preseason | A period prior to the beginning of the regular season which is devoted to training and preparation | |
| seedtime | The time during which seeds should be planted | |
| sheepshearing | The time or season when sheep are sheared | |
| social season | The season for major social events | |
| theatrical season | The season when new plays are produced | |
| Broader | time period, period of time, period | An amount of time |
| Spanish | estación, período, temporada | |
| Catalan | temporada | |
| Meaning | One of the natural periods into which the year is divided by the equinoxes and solstices or atmospheric conditions. | |
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| Example | "the regular sequence of the seasons" | |
| Synonym | time of year | |
| Part of | year | The period of time that it takes for a planet (as, e.g., Earth or Mars) to make a complete revolution around the sun |
| Narrower | dry season | One of the two seasons in tropical climates |
| fall, autumn | The season when the leaves fall from the trees | |
| harvest, harvest time | The season for gathering crops / crops | |
| haying, haying time | The season for cutting and drying and storing grass as fodder | |
| rainy season | One of the two seasons in tropical climates | |
| spring, springtime | The season of growth | |
| summer, summertime | The warmest season of the year | |
| winter, wintertime | The coldest season of the year | |
| Broader | time period, period of time, period | An amount of time |
| Spanish | estación | |
| Catalan | estació | |
| Meaning | A recurrent time marked by major holidays. | |
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| Example | "it was the Christmas season" | |
| Narrower | Advent | The season including the four Sundays preceding Christmas |
| Allhallowtide | The season of All Saints' Day | |
| Christmas, Christmastide, Christmastime, Yule, Yuletide, Noel | Period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6 | |
| Eastertide | The Easter season | |
| Lammastide | The season of Lammas | |
| Lent, Lententide | A period of 40 weekdays from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday | |
| Michaelmastide | The season of Michaelmas | |
| Shrovetide | immediately preceding Lent | |
| Twelfthtide | The season of Epiphany | |
| Broader | time period, period of time, period | An amount of time |
| Spanish | temporada | |
| Meaning | lend flavor to. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "Season the chicken breast after roasting it" | |
| Synonyms | flavor, flavour | |
| Category | cooking, cookery, preparation | The act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat |
| Cause to | taste, savor, savour | Have flavor |
| Narrower | curry | season with a mixture / mixture of spices |
| resinate | impregnate with resin to give a special flavor to | |
| salt | add salt to | |
| sauce | Dress (food) with a relish | |
| savor, savour | Give taste to | |
| zest, spice, spice up | add herbs or spices / spices to | |
| Spanish | adobar, condimentar, dar sabor, sazonar | |
| Catalan | adobar, amanir, assaonar, condimentar | |
| Nouns | seasoner, seasoning | something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts |
| seasoner | a cook who uses seasonings | |
| seasoning | the act of adding a seasoning to food | |
| Meaning | make fit. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s somebody | |
| Example | "This trip will season even the hardiest traveller" | |
| Synonym | harden | |
| Broader | toughen | make tough / tough / tough / tough or tougher / tougher / tougher / tougher |
| Spanish | aderezar, endurecer, fortalecer, preparar | |
| Catalan | enfortir | |
| Meaning | make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | temper, mollify, moderate | |
| Broader | weaken | lessen the strength of |
| Spanish | atemperar, castigar, corregir, moderar, temperar, templar | |
| Catalan | assuaujar, moderar, temperar | |
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