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Noun season has 3 senses

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"
--₁ is a kind of time period, period of time, period
--₁ has particulars:

season, time of year - 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"
--₂ is a kind of time period, period of time, period
--₂ is a part of year
--₂ has particulars:
harvest, harvest time; haying, haying time; fall, autumn; spring, springtime; summer, summertime; winter, wintertime; rainy season; dry season
season - a recurrent time marked by major holidays; "it was the Christmas season"
--₃ is a kind of time period, period of time, period
--₃ has particulars:
Michaelmastide; Lammastide; Eastertide; Twelfthtide; Allhallowtide; Christmas, Christmastide, Christmastime, Yule, Yuletide, Noel; Advent; Shrovetide; Lent, Lententide

Verb season has 3 senses

season, flavor, flavour - lend flavor to; "Season the chicken breast after roasting it"

Derived forms: noun seasoner₁, noun seasoner₂, noun seasoning₁, noun seasoning₂
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
season, harden - make fit; "This trip will season even the hardiest traveller"
--₂ is one way to toughen
Sample sentence:
Something ----s somebody
temper, season, mollify - make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate; "she tempered her criticism"
--₃ is one way to weaken
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something