overwintering
English
Verb
overwintering
Noun
overwintering (countable and uncountable, plural overwinterings)
- The action of overwintering
- (medicine) The survival of an infectious agent or its vector through the winter, during which time it does not infect a host
Dutch
Etymology
From overwinteren + -ing.
Pronunciation
Noun
overwintering f (plural overwinteringen)
- The act or instance of spending the winter, overwintering.