overwinter

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Biology overwintero‧ver‧win‧ter /ˌəʊvəˈwɪntə $ ˌoʊvərˈwɪntər/ verb [intransitive, transitive] HBLIVING/ALIVEto live through the winter, or to make it possible for something to live through the winter These birds generally overwinter in tropical regions.→ See Verb table Examples from the Corpusoverwinter• Around twenty thousand wild birds overwinter at Slimbridge.• And ever since the birds have been coming to overwinter at the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust in Slimbridge.• These are ideal for the amateur breeder or hobbyist who overwinter fish.• These few are the remaining overwintering guests who are just waking up.• Pests overwintering in stubble or soil are foiled by clearing stubble after harvest or letting the land lie fallow.• We may find something wrong with her, items we need for overwintering in the ice.• However, to be on the safe side, it is better to take cuttings in August to overwinter under glass.• Some of the alders held overwintering white patches of woolly aphids on their gray stems.

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Verb table

overwinter

Simple Form

Present

I, you, we, they overwinter

he, she, it overwinters

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Past

I, you, he, she, it, we, they overwintered

Present perfect

I, you, we, they have overwintered

he, she, it has overwintered

Past perfect

I, you, he, she, it, we, they had overwintered

Future

I, you, he, she, it, we, they will overwinter

Future perfect

I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have overwintered

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Continuous Form

Present

I am overwintering

he, she, it is overwintering

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you, we, they are overwintering

Past

I, he, she, it was overwintering

you, we, they were overwintering

Present perfect

I, you, we, they have been overwintering

he, she, it has been overwintering

Past perfect

I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been overwintering

Future

I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be overwintering

Future perfect

I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been overwintering

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