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to winterize

to winterize

2 5.3
Prepare a house, car, or boat so it does not get damaged by cold weather
  • verb
  • /ˈwɪntəˌraɪz/
  • US
translation icon : preparar para el invierno
  • This weekend, I finally got it cleaned up (again) and the chemicals balanced right so that I could winterize it.
  • winterize your home
  • winterizing a house

One way of doing that is to winterize plants or generators.

Examples

  • All city park bathrooms have also been winterized.

    Blog text (8)

  • We've found a place where we can store both the MH and bikes without having to winterize either, and it's indoors, quite a bit more secure than most storage lots.

    Blog text (23)

  • You have only three hours to complete all work and winterize the science station.

    Whiteout (2009)

  • One way of doing that is to winterize plants or generators.

    The Rich Dad Channel

  • Is your trailer winterized? How do you heat it?

    Blog text (34)

  • Always winterize your pipes.

    Batman & Robin (1997)

  • In the distance, a workman hammered at the first of several weekend attempts to winterize his cottage, while out in the sound, the women laughed about something.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • At Manta Mint Manitow Boats, he offered helpful tips for winterizing your boat.

  • Cameras and lenses can be winterized for extended use at low temperatures by having a camera technician remove liquid lubricants that harden at below-zero temperatures.

    Academic text (1994)

  • Before the first snowfall, it's important to winterize your home to prevent pipes from freezing.

Synonyms

to weatherize
vsto winterize
  • Specialized
1 5.1

Make a building stronger against bad weather by adding insulation and sealing gaps

is for preparing specifically for cold winter conditions rather than all weather

Antonyms

to summerize
8.1

To get a place or thing ready for summer use

How Prepared

to winterize
  • US
2 5.3
to insulate
32 4.3
to repair
365 1.0
to ignore
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

winterize infinitive
winterized past
winterized past participle
winterizing present participle
winterizes third person singular

Morphology

winterize = winter (transparent) = winter + ize

Formed by the productive verb-forming suffix '-ize' added to the noun 'winter', so the meaning 'to prepare for winter' is directly derived.

Etymology

Winterize comes from winter plus the ending -ize, which means 'make' or 'become'. So to winterize something is to 'make it ready for winter', for example preparing a car, house, or boat so it will survive the cold.