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weather
[ weth-er ]
noun
- the state of the atmosphere with respect to wind, temperature, cloudiness, moisture, pressure, etc.
- a strong wind or storm or strong winds and storms collectively:
We've had some real weather this spring.
- a weathercast:
The radio announcer will read the weather right after the commercial.
- Usually weathers. changes or vicissitudes in one's lot or fortunes:
She remained a good friend in all weathers.
verb (used with object)
- to expose to the weather; dry, season, or otherwise affect by exposure to the air or atmosphere:
to weather lumber before marketing it.
- to discolor, disintegrate, or affect injuriously, as by the effects of weather:
These crumbling stones have been weathered by the centuries.
- to bear up against and come safely through (a storm, danger, trouble, etc.):
to weather a severe illness.
- Nautical. (of a ship, mariner, etc.) to pass or sail to the windward of:
to weather a cape.
- Architecture. to cause to slope, so as to shed water.
verb (used without object)
- to undergo change, especially discoloration or disintegration, as the result of exposure to atmospheric conditions.
- to endure or resist exposure to the weather:
a coat that weathers well.
- to go or come safely through a storm, danger, trouble, etc. (usually followed by through ):
It was a difficult time for her, but she weathered through beautifully.
weather
/ ˈwɛðə /
noun
- the day-to-day meteorological conditions, esp temperature, cloudiness, and rainfall, affecting a specific place Compare climate
- modifier relating to the forecasting of weather
a weather ship
- a prevailing state or condition
- make heavy weathermake heavy weather
- (of a vessel) to roll and pitch in heavy seas
- foll by of to carry out with great difficulty or unnecessarily great effort
- under the weather informal.under the weather
- not in good health
- intoxicated
adjective
verb
- to expose or be exposed to the action of the weather
- to undergo or cause to undergo changes, such as discoloration, due to the action of the weather
- intr to withstand the action of the weather
- whenintr, foll by through to endure (a crisis, danger, etc)
- tr to slope (a surface, such as a roof, sill, etc) so as to throw rainwater clear
- tr to sail to the windward of
to weather a point
weather
/ wĕth′ər /
- The state of the atmosphere at a particular time and place. Weather is described in terms of variable conditions such as temperature, humidity, wind velocity, precipitation, and barometric pressure. Weather on Earth occurs primarily in the troposphere, or lower atmosphere, and is driven by energy from the Sun and the rotation of the Earth. The average weather conditions of a region over time are used to define a region's climate.
weather
- The daily conditions of the atmosphere in terms of temperature, atmospheric pressure , wind, and moisture.
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Derived Forms
- ˌweatheraˈbility, noun
- ˈweatherer, noun
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Other Words From
- weather·er noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of weather1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of weather1
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Idioms and Phrases
- under the weather, Informal.
- somewhat indisposed; ailing; ill.
- suffering from a hangover.
- more or less drunk:
Many fatal accidents are caused by drivers who are under the weather.
More idioms and phrases containing weather
In addition to the idiom beginning with weather , also see fair-weather friend ; heavy going (weather) ; keep a weather eye out ; under the weather .Discover More
Example Sentences
Frustrating as regulars find these fair-weather exercise interlopers, they were also all beginners once, he says.
That ground hold was to stop you flying through weather that could kill you and everyone else aboard.
Did the airline file a flight plan that took account of the weather en route from Surabaya, Indonesia, to Singapore?
These days weather should never cause a commercial airliner to crash.
The pilot asked air-traffic control for permission to climb from 32,000 to 38,000 feet to avoid the bad weather.
In the drawing-room things went on much as they always do in country drawing-rooms in the hot weather.
Blamed ef I'd lived in a country all my life, ef I wouldn't know better'n to git caught out in such weather's this!
An old weather-beaten bear-hunter stepped forward, squirting out his tobacco juice with all imaginable deliberation.
That the weather being calm, he rowed round me several times, observed my windows and wire-lattices that defenced them.
Decomposition sets in rapidly, especially in warm weather, and greatly interferes with all the examinations.
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