overwinter

1. (transitive) To keep or preserve for the winter.Examples: "It is best to overwinter tender plants indoors."; "Well, if you're fortunate, you'll be able to overwinter your bees and keep them alive during the winter months."; "We overwinter our blueberry bushes in an unheated greenhouse, but when re-tubbed this year they will be too big to move. What are their chances of surviving winter outside?"transitive

2. (intransitive) To spend the winter (in a particular place).Examples: "Insects may overwinter in fallen fruit if it is not removed."; "Fish only overwinter in streams having a sufficient source of groundwater."; "Different insects also differ in the way in which they overwinter. Most insects overwinter as eggs or pupae, but others overwinter as larvae or nymphs, whilst quite a few hibernate in the adult phase."intransitive