season
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a period of the year marked by special events or activities in some field
he celebrated his 10th season with the ballet company
Types & categories
- period hypernym
- growing season hyponym
- seedtime hyponym
- sheepshearing hyponym
- holiday season hyponym
- high season hyponym
- off-season hyponym
- preseason hyponym
- baseball season hyponym
- basketball season hyponym
- exhibition season hyponym
- fishing season hyponym
- football season hyponym
- hockey season hyponym
- hunting season hyponym
- social season hyponym
- theatrical season hyponym
- Whitsun hyponym
Sense 2 verb
lend flavor to
Season the chicken breast after roasting it
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
one of the natural periods into which the year is divided by the equinoxes and solstices or atmospheric conditions
the regular sequence of the seasons
Types & categories
- period hypernym
- harvest time hyponym
- haying time hyponym
- fall hyponym
- spring hyponym
- summer hyponym
- winter hyponym
- rainy season hyponym
- dry season hyponym
Parts & wholes
- year part holonym
Sense 4 verb
make fit
This trip will season even the hardiest traveller
Types & categories
- toughen hypernym
Sense 5 noun
a recurrent time marked by major holidays
it was the Christmas season
Types & categories
- period hypernym
- Michaelmastide hyponym
- Lammastide hyponym
- Eastertide hyponym
- Twelfthtide hyponym
- Allhallowtide hyponym
- Christmas hyponym
- Advent hyponym
- Shrovetide hyponym
- Lent hyponym
Sense 6 verb
make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate
she tempered her criticism
Types & categories
- weaken hypernym
Related & opposite
- pacification derivation
- mollification derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | period |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | growing season |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | seedtime |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sheepshearing |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | holiday season |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | high season |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | off-season |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | preseason |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | baseball season |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | basketball season |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | exhibition season |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | fishing season |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | football season |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | hockey season |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | hunting season |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | social season |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | theatrical season |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Whitsun |
| 2 | causes | Related & opposite | taste |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | seasoning |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | sapidity |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | seasoning |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | seasoner |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | cooking |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | sauce |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | curry |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | resinate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | zest |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | savour |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | salt |
| 3 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | year |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | period |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | harvest time |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | haying time |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | fall |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | spring |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | summer |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | winter |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | rainy season |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | dry season |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | toughen |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | period |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | Michaelmastide |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | Lammastide |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | Eastertide |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | Twelfthtide |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | Allhallowtide |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | Christmas |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | Advent |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | Shrovetide |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | Lent |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | pacification |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | mollification |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | weaken |