Season
noun
Each of the four divisions of a year: spring, summer, autumn (fall) and winter
A part of a year when something particular happens
“mating season”
That which gives relish; seasoning.
Synonyms: series (British English), yeartide, yeartime
verb
To make fit for any use by time or habit; to habituate; to accustom; to inure.
“to season oneself to a climate”
(by extension) To prepare by drying or hardening, or removal of natural juices.
“The timber needs to be seasoned.”
To become mature; to grow fit for use; to become adapted to a climate.
Synonyms: desiccate, dry out, dry up, fordry, shrivel up, age, grow up, mature