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weath⋅er
[weth
-er] 
–noun
| 1. | the state of the atmosphere with respect to wind, temperature, cloudiness, moisture, pressure, etc. |
| 2. | a strong wind or storm or strong winds and storms collectively: We've had some real weather this spring. |
| 3. | a weathercast: The radio announcer will read the weather right after the commercial. |
| 4. | Usually, weathers. changes or vicissitudes in one's lot or fortunes: She remained a good friend in all weathers. |
–verb (used with object)
| 5. | to expose to the weather; dry, season, or otherwise affect by exposure to the air or atmosphere: to weather lumber before marketing it. |
| 6. | to discolor, disintegrate, or affect injuriously, as by the effects of weather: These crumbling stones have been weathered by the centuries. |
| 7. | to bear up against and come safely through (a storm, danger, trouble, etc.): to weather a severe illness. |
| 8. | Nautical. (of a ship, mariner, etc.) to pass or sail to the windward of: to weather a cape. |
| 9. | Architecture. to cause to slope, so as to shed water. |
–verb (used without object)
—Idiom| 10. | to undergo change, esp. discoloration or disintegration, as the result of exposure to atmospheric conditions. |
| 11. | to endure or resist exposure to the weather: a coat that weathers well. |
| 12. | to go or come safely through a storm, danger, trouble, etc. (usually fol. by through): It was a difficult time for her, but she weathered through beautifully. |
| 13. | under the weather, Informal.
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Origin:
bef. 900; ME (n.), OE weder; c. D weder, G Wetter, ON vethr
bef. 900; ME (n.), OE weder; c. D weder, G Wetter, ON vethr
Related forms:
weath⋅er⋅er, noun
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| weath·er (wěth'ər) n.
v. tr.
weather inTo 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 ofTo exaggerate the difficulty of something to be done. Idiom(s): under the weather
[Middle English weder, wether, from Old English weder; see wē- in Indo-European roots.] |
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Weather
Weath"er\, n. [OE. weder, AS. weder; akin to OS. wedar, OFries. weder, D. weder, we[^e]r, G. wetter, OHG. wetar, Icel. ve[eth]r, Dan. veir, Sw. v["a]der wind, air, weather, and perhaps to OSlav. vedro fair weather; or perhaps to Lith. vetra storm, Russ. vieter', vietr', wind, and E. wind. Cf. Wither.]1. The state of the air or atmosphere with respect to heat or cold, wetness or dryness, calm or storm, clearness or cloudiness, or any other meteorological phenomena; meteorological condition of the atmosphere; as, warm weather; cold weather; wet weather; dry weather, etc. Not amiss to cool a man's stomach this hot weather. --Shak. Fair weather cometh out of the north. --Job xxxvii. 22. 2. Vicissitude of season; meteorological change; alternation of the state of the air. --Bacon. 3. Storm; tempest. What gusts of weather from that gathering cloud My thoughts presage! --Dryden. 4. A light rain; a shower. [Obs.] --Wyclif. Stress of weather, violent winds; force of tempests. To make fair weather, to flatter; to give flattering representations. [R.] To make good, or bad, weather (Naut.), to endure a gale well or ill; -- said of a vessel. --Shak. Under the weather, ill; also, financially embarrassed. [Colloq. U. S.] --Bartlett. Weather box. Same as Weather house, below. --Thackeray. Weather breeder, a fine day which is supposed to presage foul weather. Weather bureau, a popular name for the signal service. See Signal service, under Signal, a. [U. S.] Weather cloth (Naut.), a long piece of canvas of tarpaulin used to preserve the hammocks from injury by the weather when stowed in the nettings. Weather door. (Mining) See Trapdoor, 2. Weather gall. Same as Water gall, 2. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. Weather house, a mechanical contrivance in the form of a house, which indicates changes in atmospheric conditions by the appearance or retirement of toy images. Peace to the artist whose ingenious thought Devised the weather house, that useful toy! --Cowper. Weather molding, or Weather moulding (Arch.), a canopy or cornice over a door or a window, to throw off the rain. Weather of a windmill sail, the obliquity of the sail, or the angle which it makes with its plane of revolution. Weather report, a daily report of meteorological observations, and of probable changes in the weather; esp., one published by government authority. Weather spy, a stargazer; one who foretells the weather. [R.] --Donne. Weather strip (Arch.), a strip of wood, rubber, or other material, applied to an outer door or window so as to cover the joint made by it with the sill, casings, or threshold, in order to exclude rain, snow, cold air, etc.Weather
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.Weather
Weath"er\, v. i. To undergo or endure the action of the atmosphere; to suffer meteorological influences; sometimes, to wear away, or alter, under atmospheric influences; to suffer waste by weather. The organisms . . . seem indestructible, while the hard matrix in which they are imbedded has weathered from around them. --H. Miller.Weather
Weath"er\, a. (Naut.) Being toward the wind, or windward -- opposed to lee; as, weather bow, weather braces, weather gauge, weather lifts, weather quarter, weather shrouds, etc. Weather gauge. (a) (Naut.) The position of a ship to the windward of another. (b) Fig.: A position of advantage or superiority; advantage in position. To veer, and tack, and steer a cause Against the weather gauge of laws. --Hudibras. Weather helm (Naut.), a tendency on the part of a sailing vessel to come up into the wind, rendering it necessary to put the helm up, that is, toward the weather side. Weather shore (Naut.), the shore to the windward of a ship. --Totten. Weather tide (Naut.), the tide which sets against the lee side of a ship, impelling her to the windward. --Mar. Dict.
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Language Translation for : weather
Spanish:
tiempo, clima,
German:
das Wetter, Wetter-…,
Japanese:
天気
weather
The daily conditions of the atmosphere in terms of temperature, atmospheric pressure, wind, and moisture.
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O.E. weder, from P.Gmc. *wedran (cf. O.S. wedar, O.N. veðr, O.Fris., M.Du., Du. weder, O.H.G. wetar, Ger. Wetter "storm, wind, weather"), from PIE *we-dhro-, "weather," from base *we- "to blow" (see wind (n.)). Spelling with -th- first appeared 15c., though pronunciation may be much older. Verb sense of "come through safely" is from 1655; that of "wear away by exposure" is from 1757. Weather-beaten is from 1530. Under the weather "indisposed" is from 1827. Weatherman "one who observes the weather" is attested from 1901. Gk. had words for "good weather" (aithria, eudia) and words for "storm" and "winter," but no generic word for "weather" until kairos (lit. "time") began to be used as such in Byzantine times. L. tempestas "weather" (see tempest) also originally meant "time;" and words for "time" also came to mean weather in Ir. (aimsir), Serbo-Cr. (vrijeme), Pol. (czas), etc.
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weather (wě 'ər) Pronunciation Key
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. |
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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.
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