Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
summer (noun)1.
the season between spring and autumn comprising in the northern hemisphere usually the months of June, July, and August or as reckoned astronomically extending from the June solstice to the September equinox
2.
the warmer half of the year
3.
- year a girl of seventeen summers
4.
a period of maturing powers
1.
of, relating to, or suitable for summer - summer vacation a summer home
2.
sown in the spring and harvested in the same year as sown - summer wheat compare winter
intransitive verb
transitive verb
to pass the summer to keep or carry through the summer , especially to provide (as cattle or sheep) with pasture during the summer