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Webster 1828 Edition

Winter-kill

WINTER-KILL

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Verb.
T.
[winter and kill.] To kill by means of the weather in winter; as, to winter-kill wheat or clover.

WINTER-KILL

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Verb.
I.
To be killed by the winter. Wheat is liable to winter-kill in moist land.

Definition 2024

winter-kill

winter-kill

See also: winterkill and winter kill

English

Verb

winter-kill ‎(third-person singular simple present winter-kills, present participle winter-killing, simple past and past participle winter-killed)

  1. (transitive) To kill by the effects of wintery conditions
    The lasting frost winter-killed more critters then all predation
  2. (intransitive) To die from the lethal effects of wintery conditions

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