weathered
seasoned or otherwise affected by exposure to the weather.
(of wood) artificially treated to seem discolored or stained by the action of air, rain, etc.
(of rocks) worn, disintegrated, or changed in color or composition by weathering.
Architecture. made sloping or inclined, as a window sill, to prevent the lodgment of water.
Origin of weathered
1Other words from weathered
- un·weath·ered, adjective
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How to use weathered in a sentence
Continental crust is vital in most of Earth’s natural cycles—it interacts with water and oxygen, forming new weathered products, hosting most metals and biological carbon.
Scientists Have Traced Earth’s Path Through the Galaxy via Tiny Crystals Found in the Crust | Chris Kirkland | August 25, 2022 | Singularity HubIt’s the weathered plastic that appears to pose a concern, he concludes.
We all unknowingly eat plastic, which may host toxic pollutants | Alison Pearce Stevens | April 6, 2022 | Science News For StudentsThe first weathered type had a negative electrical charge on its surface.
We all unknowingly eat plastic, which may host toxic pollutants | Alison Pearce Stevens | April 6, 2022 | Science News For StudentsAcross the train tracks between the river and the house, visitors will see the weathered bus that appears in the movie.
Remember the creepy house from ‘The Silence of the Lambs’? Now it’s a vacation rental. | Kellie B. Gormly | September 9, 2021 | Washington PostThe surfaces appear battered and weathered, and buttons, fringes and bits of cloth are sewn into the compositions.
In the galleries: Posters as a medium for serious but jubilant communication | Mark Jenkins | July 9, 2021 | Washington Post
So Good Wife fans have already weathered Josh Charles leaving.
The Good Wife’s Secret Weapon: Matt Czuchry on Cary Agos’s Terrible, Horrible Year | Kevin Fallon | October 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt was a look which suited Kate much better and weathered the summery temperatures more effortlessly.
Perfume bottles and weathered papyrus replicas gather dust in the grubby window displays of the empty shops.
Forklifts shuffle weathered pallets of gear lining the airfield in a super-sized game of Tetris.
How I’ll End the War: My First Week Back in Afghanistan | Nick Willard | May 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt's a ghost town now, just a handful of weathered wooden buildings sagging beneath snow.
Visiting the Arctic Circle…Before It’s Irreversibly Changed | Terry Greene Sterling | April 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt was on the ground floor of the building, with a separate entrance, and a weathered name-plate on the door.
Summer | Edith WhartonIn the port lay fleets of great ships which had weathered the storms of the Euxine and the Atlantic.
The History of England from the Accession of James II. | Thomas Babington MacaulayShe had been painted green, but the colour was faded and weathered, and the paint peeling off in strips.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XXI | Robert Louis StevensonThe panic of 1857 had made sad havoc with the book trade generally, and those firms which weathered the storm were sorely pressed.
I believe we might have weathered them had we really made a serious effort to do so, but there was no need.
A Middy of the King | Harry Collingwood
British Dictionary definitions for weathered
/ (ˈwɛðəd) /
affected by exposure to the action of the weather
(of rocks and rock formations) eroded, decomposed, or otherwise altered by the action of water, wind, frost, heat, etc
(of a sill, roof, etc) having a sloped surface so as to allow rainwater to run off
(of wood) artificially stained so as to appear weather-beaten: weathered garden furniture
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