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Sounds | siy'zahn |
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Rhymes | Aachen, Aaron, abandon, and 2504 more rhymes in ahn at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | A period of the year marked by special events or activities in some field. |
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Examples | "he celebrated his 10th season with the ballet company"; "she always looked forward to the avocado season" |
Narrower | growing season; seedtime; sheepshearing; holiday season; high season, peak season; off-season; preseason; baseball season; basketball season; exhibition season; fishing season; football season; hockey season; hunting season; social season; theatrical season; Whitsun, Whitsuntide, Whitweek |
Broader | time period, period of time, period |
Meaning | One of the natural periods into which the year is divided by the equinoxes and solstices or atmospheric conditions. |
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Examples | "the regular sequence of the seasons" |
Synonyms | time of year |
Part of | year |
Narrower | harvest, harvest time; haying, haying time; fall, autumn; spring, springtime; summer, summertime; winter, wintertime; rainy season; dry season |
Broader | time period, period of time, period |
Meaning | A recurrent time marked by major holidays. |
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Examples | "it was the Christmas season" |
Narrower | Michaelmastide; Lammastide; Eastertide; Twelfthtide; Allhallowtide; Christmas, Christmastide, Christmastime, Yule, Yuletide, Noel; Advent; Shrovetide; Lent, Lententide |
Broader | time period, period of time, period |
Meaning | Lend flavor to. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
Examples | "Season the chicken breast after roasting it" |
Synonyms | flavor, flavour |
Category | cooking, cookery, preparation |
Cause to | taste, savor, savour |
Narrower | sauce; curry; resinate; zest, spice, spice up; savor, savour; salt |
Nouns | seasoning; seasoner, seasoning; seasoner |
Meaning | Make fit. |
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Pattern | Something ----s somebody |
Examples | "This trip will season even the hardiest traveller" |
Synonyms | harden |
Broader | toughen |
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 |
Broader | weaken |