Crossword clues for in season
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Season \Sea"son\, n. [OE. sesoun, F. saison, properly, the sowing time, fr. L. satio a sowing, a planting, fr. serere, satum, to sow, plant; akin to E. sow, v., to scatter, as seed.]
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One of the divisions of the year, marked by alterations in the length of day and night, or by distinct conditions of temperature, moisture, etc., caused mainly by the relative position of the earth with respect to the sun. In the north temperate zone, four seasons, namely, spring, summer, autumn, and winter, are generally recognized. Some parts of the world have three seasons, -- the dry, the rainy, and the cold; other parts have but two, -- the dry and the rainy.
The several seasons of the year in their beauty.
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Hence, a period of time, especially as regards its fitness for anything contemplated or done; a suitable or convenient time; proper conjuncture; as, the season for planting; the season for rest.
The season, prime for sweetest scents and airs.
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A period of time not very long; a while; a time.
Thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season.
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That which gives relish; seasoning. [Obs.]
You lack the season of all natures, sleep.
--Shak.In season, in good time, or sufficiently early for the purpose.
Out of season, beyond or out of the proper time or the usual or appointed time.
Usage examples of "in season".
If I understand him rightly, that is how his kind's females are made, and when they are not in season, he can feel no desire himself.
If four million is right, and we assume that probably three-quarters of that hiking is done during the six warmest months, that means an average of 16,500 people on the trail a day in season, or 7.
Some very expensive pleasure boats were moored at the marina in season and stored there over the winter.
Nobody tended the grave --if grave it was, for nobody was even sure of that--but everybody knew that the little mound always produced the wild flower that was in season--wild violets, primroses, cowslips, marguerite daisies, scabious, knapweed.
The bet was accepted, and the admiral despatched people to the proper quarter to procure one: but they were not then in season, and could not be had.
My outward type had knotted a lot of black skulls, tupped a plenitude of black ewes, burned crosses and people in season.
Black bear still roam the Pennsylvania hills in season, and deer threaten to overrun southern' New Jersey.
Pennsylvania hills in season, and deer threaten to overrun southern' New Jersey.
You are wrong, and unless you learn wisdom in season, you will find that you have done harm, not good.