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–adjective

1.	seasoned or otherwise affected by exposure to the weather.

2.	(of wood) artificially treated to seem discolored or stained by the action of air, rain, etc.

3.	(of rocks) worn, disintegrated, or changed in color or composition by weathering.

4.	Architecture. made sloping or inclined, as a window sill, to prevent the lodgment of water.

[Origin: 1780–90; weather + -ed²

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weath·er Audio Help (wěth'ər) Pronunciation Key
n.

The state of the atmosphere at a given time and place, with respect to variables such as temperature, moisture, wind velocity, and barometric pressure.
1. Adverse or destructive atmospheric conditions, such as high winds or heavy rain: encountered weather five miles out to sea.
2. The unpleasant or destructive effects of such atmospheric conditions: protected the house from the weather.
weathers Changes of fortune: had known him in many weathers.

v. weath·ered, weath·er·ing, weath·ers

v. tr.

To expose to the action of the elements, as for drying, seasoning, or coloring.
To discolor, disintegrate, wear, or otherwise affect adversely by exposure.
To come through (something) safely; survive: weather a crisis.
To slope (a roof, for example) so as to shed water.
Nautical To pass to the windward of despite bad weather.

v. intr.

To show the effects, such as discoloration, of exposure to the elements: The walls of the barn had weathered.
To withstand the effects of weather: a house paint that weathers well.

adj.

Nautical Of or relating to the windward side of a ship; windward.
Relating to or used in weather forecasting: a weather plane.

Phrasal Verb(s):
weather in
To experience or cause to experience weather conditions that prevent movement: The squadron is weathered in because of dense fog. Such a storm will weather the fleet in.

Idiom(s):
make heavy weather of
To exaggerate the difficulty of something to be done.

Idiom(s):
under the weather

Somewhat indisposed; slightly ill.
Slang
1. Intoxicated; drunk.
2. Suffering from a hangover.

[Middle English weder, wether, from Old English weder; see wē- in Indo-European roots.]

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adj.

Worn, stained, or warped by or as if by exposure to weather; seasoned: a roof of weathered shingles.
Architecture Sloped to shed water: a weathered masonry joint.

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weathered
adjective
worn by exposure to the weather; "a house of weathered shingles" [syn: weather-beaten]

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Weathered

Weath"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Weathered; p. pr. & vb. n. Weathering.]

1. To expose to the air; to air; to season by exposure to air.

[An eagle] soaring through his wide empire of the air To weather his broad sails. --Spenser.

This gear lacks weathering. --Latimer.

2. Hence, to sustain the trying effect of; to bear up against and overcome; to sustain; to endure; to resist; as, to weather the storm.

For I can weather the roughest gale. --Longfellow.

You will weather the difficulties yet. --F. W. Robertson.

3. (Naut.) To sail or pass to the windward of; as, to weather a cape; to weather another ship.

4. (Falconry) To place (a hawk) unhooded in the open air. --Encyc. Brit.

To weather a point. (a) (Naut.) To pass a point of land, leaving it on the lee side. (b) Hence, to gain or accomplish anything against opposition.

To weather out, to encounter successfully, though with difficulty; as, to weather out a storm.

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