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noun. One of the four natural divisions of the year, spring, summer, fall, and winter, in the North and South Temperate zones. Each season, beginning astronomically at an equinox or solstice, is characterized by specific meteorological or climatic conditions.

noun. The two divisions of the year, rainy and dry, in some tropical regions.

noun. A recurrent period characterized by certain occurrences, occupations, festivities, or crops.

noun. A suitable, natural, or convenient time.

noun. A period of time.

intransitive verb. To improve or enhance the flavor of (food) by adding salt, spices, herbs, or other flavorings.

intransitive verb. To add zest, piquancy, or interest to.

intransitive verb. To treat or dry (lumber, for example) until ready for use; cure.

intransitive verb. To render competent through trial and experience.

intransitive verb. To accustom or inure; harden: synonym: harden.

intransitive verb. To moderate; temper.

intransitive verb. To become usable, competent, or tempered.

idiom. (in season) Available or ready for eating or other use.

idiom. (in season) Legally permitted to be caught or hunted during a specified period.

idiom. (in season) At the right moment; opportunely.

idiom. (in season) In heat. Used of animals.

idiom. (out of season) Not available, permitted, or ready to be eaten, caught, or hunted.

idiom. (out of season) Not at the right or proper moment; inopportunely.

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To render suitable or appropriate; prepare; fit.

To fit for any use by time or habit; habituate; accustom; mature; inure; acclimatize.

To bring to the best state for use by any process: as, to season a cask by keeping liquor in it; to season a tobacco-pipe by frequently smoking it; to season timber by drying or hardening, or by removing its natural sap.

To fit for the taste; render palatable, or give a higher relish to, by the addition or mixture of another substance more pungent or pleasant: as, to season meat with salt; to season anything with spices.

To render more agreeable, pleasant, or delightful; give a relish or zest to by something that excites, animates, or exhilarates.

To render more agreeable or less rigorous and severe; temper; moderate; qualify by admixture.

To gratify; tickle.

To imbue; tinge or taint.

To preserve from decay; keep sweet or fresh.

To impregnate.

To become mature; grow fit for use; become adapted to a climate, as the human body.

To become dry and hard by the escape of the natural juices, or by being penetrated with other substance.

To give token; smack; savor.

noun. A particular period of time.

noun. The period of the year in which something is more in vogue than at others, as that in which a particular place is most frequented by visitors, or shows most bustling activity, or when a particular trade, business, or profession is in its greatest state of activity: as, the holiday season; the hop-picking season; the London season; the Newport season; the theatrical season; the peach season.

noun. A convenient or suitable time; the right time; period of time that is natural, proper, or suitable. See phrases below.

noun. A period of time, in general; a while; a time.

noun. Seasoning; that which gives relish, or preserves vigor or freshness.

noun. Having the pelage in good order, as fur-bearing animals. This is usually in winter.

noun. In good flesh, as beasts, birds, fishes, shell-fish, etc.

noun. Affording good sport, as birds well grown and strong of wing.

noun. Migrating, and therefore numerous, or found where not occurring at some other time, as birds or fish.

noun. Allowed by law to be killed, as any game.

noun. Seasonably; opportunely; at the right time; soon enough: as, to go to the theater in season for the overture.

noun. Not in season, as game; not in good condition for the table. In general, animals are out of season when breeding.

noun. One of the divisions of the year, marked by alterations in the length of day and night, or by distinct conditions of temperature, moisture, etc., caused mainly by the relative position of the earth with respect to the sun. In the north temperate zone, four seasons, namely, spring, summer, autumn, and winter, are generally recognized. Some parts of the world have three seasons, -- the dry, the rainy, and the cold; other parts have but two, -- the dry and the rainy.

noun. Hence, a period of time, especially as regards its fitness for anything contemplated or done; a suitable or convenient time; proper conjuncture.

noun. A period of time not very long; a while; a time.

noun. That which gives relish; seasoning.

noun. in good time, or sufficiently early for the purpose.

"I am for _meddling with slavery everywhere_ -- _attacking it by night and by day, in season and out of season_ (no, it can never be out of season) -- in order to _effect its overthrow_."

Time  close-season  in season  in season and out of season  out of season  

Celebrity  Home & Garden  Sports  Television  

toughen  weaken  

curry  resinate  salt  sauce  savor  

midseason  reason  treason  

article  construction  day  debt  doors  

Time  abate  acclimate  acclimatize  acclimatize  

seasoned  seasoning  seasons