one of the four main divisions of the year, i.e. spring, summer, autumn, winter; to add salt, pepper etc to (food) to improve the taste; to make (wood) suitable for use by leaving it to dry
time of year governed by annual equinoxes
Cases of word usage
1) the season of the year between summer and winter (autumn)
2) (a day or season for) a public celebration; a series of performances (of music, ballet, drama etc) given during a period in a place (festival)
3) (the season for) the cutting and gathering in of grain and other food crops; quantity obtained (harvest)
4) the seasonal wind blowing in the Indian Ocean from SW from April to October (the wet monsoon) and from NE during the other months (the dry monsoon); the rainy season that comes with the wet monsoon (monsoon)
5) something used to season food, e.g. salt, pepper, spices (seasoning)
6) a length of twisted, bent or coiled metal which returns to its shape or position after being pulled, pushed or pressed; (a place where there is) water coming up from the ground; the season between winter and summer when many plants and flowers begin to grow (spring)
7) the warmest season of the year; between spring and autumn (summer)
8) the cold season between autumn and spring (winter)
