"winterkill" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: winterkills [plural]
Etymology: From winter + kill. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|winter|kill}} winter + kill Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} winterkill (countable and uncountable, plural winterkills)
  1. The mortality resulting from lethal wintry conditions among a human, animal, and/or vegetal population. Tags: countable, uncountable Related terms: killer, overkill, winterization, winter-killed, winterly, winter quarters Translations (mortality resulting from lethal wintery conditions among a human, animal, and/or vegetal population): wintersterfte (Dutch)
    Sense id: en-winterkill-en-noun-yyzDoaru Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 21 30 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 48 25 26 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 58 18 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 67 16 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 51 23 26
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: winter-kill, winter kill

Verb

Forms: winterkills [present, singular, third-person], winterkilling [participle, present], winterkilled [participle, past], winterkilled [past]
Etymology: From winter + kill. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|winter|kill}} winter + kill Head templates: {{en-verb}} winterkill (third-person singular simple present winterkills, present participle winterkilling, simple past and past participle winterkilled)
  1. (transitive) To kill by the conditions of winter, especially the effect of the cold, freezing. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-winterkill-en-verb-Dx6gd5Dr
  2. (intransitive) To die from the above effects of winter conditions. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-winterkill-en-verb-usNdm6IL
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: winter-kill, winter kill

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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