Fun with Words

Eg: A wet and blustery night

Rake: To draw together with a rake or similar implement.

Eg: With the autumn winds blowing more often, they had to rake up the dry leaves every afternoon.

Rustle: To make a soft, muffled crackling sound like that caused by the movement of dry leaves or paper.

Eg: It was a lovely fall day for them, as they watched the leaves change color and rustle in the wind.

Deciduous: Tree or bush shedding its leaves annually

Eg: During the fall, the deciduous shrubs in my yard will release their leaves.

Forage: Search (mainly by animals and insects) widely for food or provisions, usually before winter.

Eg: The squirrels will forage to find nuts before the winter.

Equinox: The intersection of the ecliptic (apparent path of the sun) with the celestial equator. The date (twice each year) at which the sun crosses the celestial equator, and when the duration of day and night are of equal length (about 22 September and 20 March); Spring equinox and Autumnal exuinox

Eg: This motion of the celestial pole results in a corresponding revolution of the equinox around the celestial sphere.