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Overwinter

Overwinter | Overwintering | Overwintered

Overwinter meaning

To keep or preserve for the winter. | To spend the winter (in a particular place).

Synonyms of Overwinter

Example sentences (18)

While the wasp that will come forth from the larvae does not overwinter, meaning it dies once conditions cool, the Oriental moth can overwinter, increasing its impact yearly.

Others overwinter as larvae, forming pupae from which adults emerge in April and May.

But as the nesting population here started to rebuild, eagles were even more successful to our north, and began to overwinter along the Housatonic River.

Fandel says cover crops, even species that die off with a freeze, can drastically reduce or eliminate weeds that come up in the fall and overwinter.

In a previous writing, Potter said entomologists believe the larvae overwinter in soils of infested fields, with pupation and adult emergence occurring in the spring.

Some diseases, such as frogeye leaf spot, overwinter on crop residue.

Others overwinter as a chrysalis, or even eggs.

And when the first snows fall, they begin their move from the highlands and forests down to the valleys where they overwinter.

However, these strains do not overwinter well, so are not often found in the colder, more northern parts of North America.

In order to produce seeds, it is necessary to pull the turnip and store it overwinter, taking care not to damage the leaves.

In suitable climates, certain cultivars can be sown in late summer and autumn to overwinter in the ground and produce early crops the following year.

It is thicker-walled and serves to overwinter or to survive other harsh conditions.

Migrating waterfowl overwinter here, and hunting for geese and ducks has been an important part of the county's history.

Most solitary bees and bumble bees in temperate climates overwinter as adults or pupae and emerge in spring when increasing numbers of flowering plants come into bloom.

Rock ptarmigan is the only bird to overwinter.

Some species can overwinter as adults in diapause.

Sowing in late summer and fall and allowing to overwinter under cool conditions is an effective way to stratify seeds; some seeds respond more favorably to periods of oscillating temperatures which are a part of the natural environment.

This was the first expedition to overwinter on the Antarctic mainland ( Cape Adare ) and was the first to make use of dogs and sledges.