"overwinter" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˌəʊ.vəˈwɪn.tə/ [UK], /ˌoʊ.vɚˈwɪn.tɚ/ [US] Audio: en-us-overwinter.ogg [US] Forms: overwinter [canonical], overwinters [third-person, singular], overwintered [past], overwintered [past, participle], overwintering [present, participle]
Etymology: over- + winter Etymology templates: {{ety-prefix|over|winter}} over- + winter Head templates: {{verb}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you overwinter food, you keep or preserve it for the winter.
    Sense id: simple-overwinter-en-verb-G9O4fbo7
  2. If you overwinter, you spend the winter in a particular place.
    Sense id: simple-overwinter-en-verb-ogRTumLp Categories (other): Verbs
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms prefixed with over-
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