season vs spice

season

verb
  • To flavour food with spices, herbs or salt. 

  • To mingle: to moderate, temper, or qualify by admixture. 

  • To become mature; to grow fit for use; to become adapted to a climate. 

  • To become dry and hard, by the escape of the natural juices, or by being penetrated with other substance. 

  • To habituate, accustom, or inure (someone or something) to a particular use, purpose, or circumstance. 

  • To prepare by drying or hardening, or removal of natural juices. 

noun
  • A fixed period of time in a massively multiplayer online game in which new content (themes, rules, modes, etc.) becomes available, sometimes replacing earlier content. 

  • A period of the year in which a place is most busy or frequented for business, amusement, etc. 

  • A part of a year when something particular happens. 

  • Each of the four divisions of a year: spring, summer, autumn (fall) and winter 

  • A group of episodes of a television or radio program broadcast in regular intervals with a long break between each group, usually with one year between the beginning of each. 

  • The period over which a series of Test matches are played. 

  • The full set of downloadable content for a game, which can be purchased with a season pass. 

spice

verb
  • To add spice or spices to; season. 

  • To spice up. 

noun
  • An aromatic odour. 

  • Appeal, interest; an attribute that makes something appealing, interesting, or engaging. 

  • A synthetic cannabinoid drug. 

  • The quality of being spicy. 

  • Aromatic or pungent plant matter (usually dried) used to season or flavour food. 

  • Sweets, candy. 

  • A characteristic touch or taste; smack; flavour. 

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