Definition of autum
1. autumn [ n ] the season when the leaves fall from the trees
Examples:
"in the fall of 1973"
(B. J. D. Meeuse, The Story of Pollination....)
I must add at_once that these animals are what we call `` queens '' , young females that have mated in the previous summer or autumn .
(Guy Bolton, The Olympians....)
But the liaison successfully started in the last days of autumn was now languishing .
(John Cheever, "The Brigadier and the Golf Widow,"...)
It all began on an autumn afternoon - and who , after all these centuries , can describe the fineness of an autumn day ?
It all began on an autumn afternoon - and who , after all these centuries , can describe the fineness of an autumn day ?
(S. J. Perelman, The Rising Gorge. New York:...)
However one looks_at it , therefore , I 'd say that your horoscope for this autumn is the reverse of rosy .
Synonyms fall autumn Related Terms season November September October Indian_summer autumnal_equinox2. autumn [ a ] occurring in or appropriate to the season of autumn
Examples:
"autumn leaves"
(Gerald Green, The Heartless Light....)
Southern_California gasped and blinked under an autumn hot_spell , drier , more enervating , more laden with man 's contrived impurities than the worst days of the summer past .
Synonyms autumn Related Terms autumnal3. Autumn [ n ] Woman's first name, popularity rank in the U.S. is 660
Synonyms Autumn
