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Season
A season is a division of the year based on changes in weather, ecology, and the number of daylight hours in a given region. On Earth, seasons are the result of Earth's orbit around the Sun and Earth's axial tilt relative to the ecliptic plane.
Quarter
Each of four equal or corresponding parts into which something is or can be divided
A page and a quarter
A quarter of a mile
She cut each apple into quarters
Season
Each of the four divisions of the year (spring, summer, autumn, and winter) marked by particular weather patterns and daylight hours, resulting from the earth's changing position with regard to the sun.
Quarter
One fourth of a pound weight (avoirdupois, equal to 4 ounces).
Season
A set or sequence of related television programmes; a series
The first two seasons of the show
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Quarter
The haunches or hindquarters of a horse
They have strong, muscular quarters
Season
A period when a female mammal is ready to mate
The bitch can come into season at irregular intervals
Quarter
A part of a town or city having a particular character or use
A beautiful port city with a fascinating medieval quarter
Season
Add salt, herbs, pepper, or other spices to (food)
Season the soup to taste with salt and pepper
Quarter
The direction of one of the points of the compass, especially as a direction from which the wind blows.
Season
Make (wood) suitable for use as timber by adjusting its moisture content to that of the environment in which it will be used
I collect and season most of my wood
Quarter
Rooms or lodgings, especially those allocated to people in military or domestic service
They lived in RAF married quarters
Season
One of the four natural divisions of the year, spring, summer, fall, and winter, in the North and South Temperate zones. Each season, beginning astronomically at an equinox or solstice, is characterized by specific meteorological or climatic conditions.
Quarter
Pity or mercy shown towards an enemy or opponent who is in one's power
The riot squad gave no quarter
Season
The two divisions of the year, rainy and dry, in some tropical regions.
Quarter
Each of four or more roughly equal divisions of a shield separated by vertical and horizontal lines.
Season
A recurrent period characterized by certain occurrences, occupations, festivities, or crops
The holiday season.
Tomato season.
Quarter
Divide into four equal or corresponding parts
Peel and quarter the bananas
Season
A suitable, natural, or convenient time
A season for merriment.
Quarter
Be stationed or lodged in a specified place
Many were quartered in tents
Season
A period of time
Gone for a season.
Quarter
Range over or traverse (an area) in every direction
We watched a pair of kingfishers quartering the river looking for minnows
Season
To improve or enhance the flavor of (food) by adding salt, spices, herbs, or other flavorings.
Quarter
Display (different coats of arms) in quarters of a shield, especially to show arms inherited from heiresses who have married into the bearer's family
Edward III quartered the French royal arms with his own
Season
To add zest, piquancy, or interest to
Seasoned the lecture with jokes.
Quarter
One of four equal parts.
Season
To treat or dry (lumber, for example) until ready for use; cure.
Quarter
A coin equal to one fourth of the dollar of the United States and Canada.
Season
To render competent through trial and experience
A lawyer who had been seasoned by years in the trial courts.
Quarter
One fourth of an hour; 15 minutes.
Season
To accustom or inure; harden
Troops who had been seasoned in combat.
Quarter
One fourth of a year; three months
Sales were up in the second quarter.
Season
To moderate; temper.
Quarter
An academic term lasting approximately three months.
Season
To become usable, competent, or tempered.
Quarter
One fourth of the period of the moon's revolution around Earth.
Season
Each of the four divisions of a year: spring, summer, autumn (fall) and winter
Quarter
One of the two phases of the moon at which the moon, as viewed from Earth, appears to be half illuminated by the sun. The quarter phases mark the quarter and three-quarter points of the moon's revolution about the Earth.
Season
A part of a year when something particular happens.
Mating season
The rainy season
The football season
Quarter
(Sports) One of four equal periods of playing time into which some games, such as football and basketball, are divided.
Season
A period of the year in which a place is most busy or frequented for business, amusement, etc.
Quarter
One fourth of a yard; nine inches.
Season
(cricket) The period over which a series of Test matches are played.
Quarter
One fourth of a mile; two furlongs.
Season
(obsolete) That which gives relish; seasoning.
Quarter
One fourth of a pound; four ounces.
Season
A group of episodes of a television or radio program broadcast in regular intervals with a long break between each group, usually with one year between the beginning of each.
The third season of Friends aired from 1996 to 1997.
Quarter
One fourth of a ton; 500 pounds. Used as a measure of grain.
Season
(archaic) An extended, undefined period of time.
Quarter
Chiefly British A measure of grain equal to approximately eight bushels.
Season
(video games) The full set of downloadable content for a game, which can be purchased with a season pass.
Quarter
One fourth of a hundredweight; 25 pounds.
Season
(video games) A fixed period of time in a massively multiplayer online game in which new content (themes, rules, modes, etc.) becomes available, sometimes replacing earlier content.
Quarter
One fourth of a British hundredweight; 28 pounds.
Season
(transitive) To habituate, accustom, or inure (someone or something) to a particular use, purpose, or circumstance.
To season oneself to a climate
Quarter
One of the four major divisions of the compass.
Season
To prepare by drying or hardening, or removal of natural juices.
The timber needs to be seasoned.
Quarter
One fourth of the distance between any two of the 32 divisions of the compass.
Season
(intransitive) To become mature; to grow fit for use; to become adapted to a climate.
Quarter
One of the four major divisions of the horizon as determined by the four major points of the compass.
Season
(intransitive) To become dry and hard, by the escape of the natural juices, or by being penetrated with other substance.
The wood has seasoned in the sun.
Quarter
A region or an area of the earth thought of as falling into such a specific division of the compass.
Season
(transitive) To mingle: to moderate, temper, or qualify by admixture.
Quarter
(Nautical) The general direction on either side of a ship located 45° off the stern.
Season
(obsolete) To impregnate (literally or figuratively).
Quarter
The upper portion of the after side of a ship, usually between the aftermost mast and the stern.
Season
(transitive) To flavour food with spices, herbs or salt.
Quarter
The part of a yard between the slings and the yardarm.
Season
One of the divisions of the year, marked by alterations in the length of day and night, or by distinct conditions of temperature, moisture, etc., caused mainly by the relative position of the earth with respect to the sun. In the north temperate zone, four seasons, namely, spring, summer, autumn, and winter, are generally recognized. Some parts of the world have three seasons, - the dry, the rainy, and the cold; other parts have but two, - the dry and the rainy.
The several seasons of the year in their beauty.
Quarter
(Heraldry) Any of four equal divisions of a shield.
Season
Hence, a period of time, especially as regards its fitness for anything contemplated or done; a suitable or convenient time; proper conjuncture; as, the season for planting; the season for rest.
The season, prime for sweetest scents and airs.
Quarter
One leg of an animal's carcass, usually including the adjoining parts.
Season
A period of time not very long; a while; a time.
Thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season.
Quarter
Either side of a horse's hoof.
Season
That which gives relish; seasoning.
You lack the season of all natures, sleep.
Quarter
The part of the side of a shoe between the heel and the vamp.
Season
To render suitable or appropriate; to prepare; to fit.
He is fit and seasoned for his passage.
Quarter
Quarters A place of residence, especially the buildings or barracks used to house military personnel or their dependents.
Season
To fit for any use by time or habit; to habituate; to accustom; to inure; to ripen; to mature; as, to season one to a climate.
Quarter
Often quarters A proper or assigned station or place, as for officers and crew on a warship.
Season
Hence, to prepare by drying or hardening, or removal of natural juices; as, to season timber.
Quarter
Often Quarter A specific district or section, as of a city
The French Quarter.
Season
To fit for taste; to render palatable; to give zest or relish to; to spice; as, to season food.
Quarter
Often quarters An unspecified person or group
Information from the highest quarters.
Season
Hence, to fit for enjoyment; to render agreeable.
You season still with sports your serious hours.
The proper use of wit is to season conversation.
Quarter
Mercy or clemency, especially when displayed or given to an enemy.
Season
To qualify by admixture; to moderate; to temper.
Quarter
Being one of four equal or equivalent parts.
Season
To imbue; to tinge or taint.
Season their younger years with prudent and pious principles.
Quarter
Being one fourth of a standard or usual value.
Season
To copulate with; to impregnate.
Quarter
To divide into four equal or equivalent parts.
Season
To become mature; to grow fit for use; to become adapted to a climate.
Quarter
To quartersaw.
Season
To become dry and hard, by the escape of the natural juices, or by being penetrated with other substance; as, timber seasons in the sun.
Quarter
To divide or separate into a number of parts.
Season
To give token; to savor.
Quarter
To dismember (a human body) into four parts.
Season
A period of the year marked by special events or activities in some field;
He celebrated his 10th season with the ballet company
She always looked forward to the avocado season
Quarter
(Heraldry) To divide (a shield) into four equal areas with vertical and horizontal lines.
Season
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
Quarter
To mark or place (holes, for example) a fourth of a circle apart.
Season
A recurrent time marked by major holidays;
It was the Christmas season
Quarter
To locate and adjust (one machine part) at right angles to its connecting part within the machine.
Season
Lend flavor to;
Season the chicken breast after roasting it
Quarter
To furnish with housing
Quartered the troops in an old factory building.
Season
Make fit;
This trip will season even the hardiest traveller
Quarter
To traverse (an area of ground) laterally back and forth while slowly advancing forward.
Season
Make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate;
She tempered her criticism
Quarter
To take up or be assigned lodgings.
Quarter
To cover an area of ground by ranging over it from side to side.
Quarter
A fourth part of something.
Quarter
(in general sense) Each of four equal parts into which something can be divided; a fourth part.
A quarter of an hour.
Quarter
A measure of capacity used chiefly for grain or coal, varying greatly in quantity by time and location.
Quarter
A fourth part of a pound; approximately 113 grams.
Quarter
(historical) A measure of length; originally a fourth part of an ell, now chiefly a fourth part of a yard.
Quarter
A fourth part of the night; one of the watches or divisions of the night.
Quarter
A fourth part of the year; 3 months; a term or season.
Quarter
(time) A fourth part of an hour; a period of fifteen minutes, especially with reference to the quarter before or after the hour.
Quarter
A fourth part of a hundredweight.
Quarter
(heraldry) A fourth part of a coat of arms, or the charge on it, larger than a canton and normally on the upper dexter side, formed by a perpendicular line from the top meeting a horizontal line from the side.
Quarter
(North America) A quarter-dollar, divided into 25 cents; the coin of that value minted in the United States or Canada.
Quarter
(sport) One of four equal periods into which a game is divided.
Quarter
A quarter of an acre or 40 roods.
Quarter
Place or position.
Quarter
A region or place.
Quarter
Each of four parts into which the earth or sky is divided, corresponding to the four cardinal points of the compass.
Quarter
A division or section of a town or city, especially having a particular character of its own, or associated with a particular group etc.
Quarter
One's residence or dwelling-place; in plural rooms, lodgings, especially as allocated to soldiers or domestic staff.
Quarter
A topic or area of endeavour.
Quarter
(nautical) The aftmost part of a vessel's side, roughly from the last mast to the stern.
Quarter
(farriery) The part on either side of a horse's hoof between the toe and heel, the side of its coffin.
Quarter
(often plural) A section (of a population), especially one having a particular set of values or interests.
Opposition to the policy came from an unexpected quarter, as well as from certain quarters which had historically opposed it
All quarters of the socialist movement; praise from Conservative quarters
Quarter
(obsolete) Relations between people.
Quarter
Accommodation given to a defeated opponent; mercy; exemption from being killed.
Quarter
Short forms.
Quarter
A quarterback.
Quarter
A quartermaster; a quartermaster sergeant.
Quarter
A quarterfinal.
Quarter
Pertaining to an aspect of a quarter.
Quarter
(chiefly) Consisting of a fourth part, a quarter (4, 25%).
A quarter hour; a quarter century; a quarter note; a quarter pound
Quarter
(chiefly) Related to a three-month term, a quarter of a year.
A quarter day is one terminating a quarter of the year.
A quarter session is one held quarterly at the end of a quarter.
Quarter
(transitive) To divide into quarters; to divide by four.
Quarter
(transitive) To provide housing for military personnel or other equipment.
Quarter the horses in the third stable.
Quarter
(intransitive) To lodge; to have a temporary residence.
Quarter
(transitive) To quartersaw.
Quarter
(obsolete) To drive a carriage so as to prevent the wheels from going into the ruts, or so that a rut shall be between the wheels.
Quarter
One of four equal parts into which anything is divided, or is regarded as divided; a fourth part or portion; as, a quarter of a dollar, of a pound, of a yard, of an hour, etc.
Scouts each coast light-armed scour,Each quarter, to descry the distant foe.
Quarter
A division of a town, city, or county; a particular district; a locality; as, the Latin quarter in Paris.
Quarter
Proper station; specific place; assigned position; special location.
Swift to their several quarters hasted thenThe cumbrous elements.
The banter turned as to what quarters each would find.
Quarter
A station or encampment occupied by troops; a place of lodging for soldiers or officers; as, winter quarters.
He magnified his own clemency, now they were at his mercy, to offer them quarter for their lives.
Cocks and lambs . . . at the mercy of cats and wolves . . . must never expect better quarter.
Quarter
Friendship; amity; concord.
In quarter, and in terms like bride and groom.
I knew two that were competitors for the secretary's place, . . . and yet kept good quarter between themselves.
Quarter
To divide into four equal parts.
Quarter
To divide; to separate into parts or regions.
Then sailors quartered heaven.
Quarter
To furnish with shelter or entertainment; to supply with the means of living for a time; especially, to furnish shelter to; as, to quarter soldiers.
They mean this night in Sardis to be quartered.
Quarter
To furnish as a portion; to allot.
This isle . . . He quarters to his blue-haired deities.
Quarter
To arrange (different coats of arms) upon one escutcheon, as when a man inherits from both father and mother the right to bear arms.
Quarter
To lodge; to have a temporary residence.
Quarter
To drive a carriage so as to prevent the wheels from going into the ruts, or so that a rut shall be between the wheels.
Every creature that met us would rely on us for quartering.
Quarter
One of four equal parts;
A quarter of a pound
Quarter
A district of a city having some distinguishing character;
The Latin Quarter
Quarter
One of four periods of play into which some games are divided;
Both teams scored in the first quarter
Quarter
A unit of time equal to 15 minutes or a quarter of an hour;
It's a quarter til 4
A quarter after 4 o'clock
Quarter
One of four periods into which the school year is divided;
The fall quarter ends at Christmas
Quarter
A fourth part of a year; three months;
Unemployment fell during the last quarter
Quarter
One of the four major division of the compass;
The wind is coming from that quarter
Quarter
A quarter of a hundredweight (25 pounds)
Quarter
A quarter of a hundredweight (28 pounds)
Quarter
A United States coin worth one fourth of a dollar;
He fed four quarters into the slot machine
Quarter
An unspecified person;
He dropped a word in the right quarter
Quarter
The rear part of a ship
Quarter
Piece of leather that comprises the part of a shoe or boot covering the heel and joining the vamp
Quarter
Provide housing for (military personnel)
Quarter
Pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him;
In the old days, people were drawn and quartered for certain crimes
Quarter
Divide into quarters;
Quarter an apple
Quarter
Divide by four; divide into quarters
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