overwintering

overwintering

1. present participle and gerund of overwinter

overwintering (countable and uncountable, plural overwinterings)

1. The action of overwintering.
2. (medicine) The survival of an infectious agent or its vector through the winter, during which time it does not infect a host.

• overwintering fire

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From overwinteren +‎ -ing.

• IPA^(key): /ˌoː.vərˈʋɪn.tə.rɪŋ/

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• Hyphenation: over‧win‧te‧ring

overwintering f (plural overwinteringen)

1. the act or instance of spending the winter, overwintering