overwinter

[US]/əʊvə'wɪntə/
[UK]/ˌovɚ'wɪntɚ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

v. spend the winter, survive the winter.
Word Forms
Past Tenseoverwintered
Past Participleoverwintered
Third Person Singularoverwinters
Present Participleoverwintering
Pluraloverwinters

Example Sentences

sheep that overwintered on the steppe.

We usually overwinter in the Bahamas.

many birds overwinter in equatorial regions.

An example is Puccinia graminis, the stem rust of cereals and grasses, which overwinters on the barberry.

Helophyte A perennial marsh plant that has its overwintering buds under water.

Helophyte A perennial marsh plant that has its overwintering buds under water. An example is bulrush(Typha).

Real-world Examples

Unlike honeybees, native bees in the U.S. don't overwinter as a colony.

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Though they're adept fliers, these birds typically overwinter in South America.

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To find out, they captured 18 crows from overwintering spots in California and New York.

Source: Scientific 60 Seconds - Scientific American March 2019 Collection

“So, if you're overwintering there, how do you deal with the cold? ”

Source: Scientific 60 Seconds - Scientific American October 2021 Compilation

Jandt can recall one memorable zombie fire, which reignited after overwintering in May, 1996.

Source: Science 60 Seconds - Scientific American January 2022 Collection

Instead of northern surveys counting breeding adults, IUCN and others use data from the forests where monarchs overwinter in central Mexico.

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This past spring, Randi Jandt and her colleagues published a paper in Nature about wildfires that overwinter in the boreal forest.

Source: Science 60 Seconds - Scientific American January 2022 Collection

The number of storks overwintering in Portugal has shot up from fewer than 2,000 in 1995 to 14,000 in 2014.

Source: Science in 60 Seconds Listening Compilation April 2016

Druckenmiller: So, if you're overwintering there, how do you deal with the cold?

Source: Scientific 60 Seconds - Scientific American October 2021 Compilation

Fires that overwintered started popping up again last spring, contributing to another intense fire season in Siberia this past year.

Source: Science 60 Seconds - Scientific American January 2022 Collection

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