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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
overwinter
verb
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ And ever since the birds have been coming to overwinter at the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust in Slimbridge.
▪ Around twenty thousand wild birds overwinter at Slimbridge.
▪ However, to be on the safe side, it is better to take cuttings in August to overwinter under glass.
▪ Pests overwintering in stubble or soil are foiled by clearing stubble after harvest or letting the land lie fallow.
▪ Some of the alders held overwintering white patches of woolly aphids on their gray stems.
▪ These are ideal for the amateur breeder or hobbyist who overwinter fish.
▪ These few are the remaining overwintering guests who are just waking up.
▪ We may find something wrong with her, items we need for overwintering in the ice.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
overwinter

Old English oferwintran; see over- + winter (v.). Related: Overwintered; overwintering.

Wiktionary
overwinter

vb. 1 (context transitive English) To keep or preserve for the winter. 2 (context intransitive English) To spend the winter (in a particular place).

Wikipedia
Overwinter (novel)

Overwinter (2010) is a werewolf novel by David Wellington. It is the sequel to his previous werewolf novel Frostbite, though this novel is only available in print; it was not first published online like some of his other novels.

Usage examples of "overwinter".

Inside this case, which overwinters attached to a twig or a piece of bark, fifty to four hundred eggs lie cushioned within air bubbles.

But they had every reason to discourage us from overwintering there, and from searching the island in the spring.

There would be little growing now, only a few sturdy herbs and the overwintering things like carrots and onions and turnips, but it made no difference.