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weath·er
I. \ˈwethə(r)\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English weder, from Old English; akin to Old High German wetar weather, Old Norse vethr, Old Slavic vetrŭ wind, and perhaps to Sanskrit vāta wind — more at wind
1. : state of the atmosphere at a definite time and place with respect to heat or cold, wetness or dryness, calm or storm, clearness or cloudiness : meteorological condition
2.
a. : a particular kind of atmospheric state : one of the possible or known states of the atmosphere — used chiefly in plural
< good hat for all weathers >
< in most weathers the sheep and cattle … could be driven to the capital — G.M.Trevelyan >
b. : a condition or vicissitude of life or fortune
< changes in our own country's moral weather — E.R.May >
< dark weather of fatality and grim resolution — Thomas Wolfe >
3. : disagreeable atmospheric conditions: as
a. : rain, storm
< we are expecting some weather >
< because of tide and brewing weather — P.A.Zahl >
b. obsolete : a shower of rain or snow
c. obsolete : sky
d. : cold air and dampness
< clothing to keep out the weather >
4.
a. : the direction from which the wind is blowing : windward
b. : the windward side
5. : the angle that the sail of a windmill makes with its plane of revolution
6. [weather (III) ] : weathering
7. [weather (II) ] : the portion of siding or shingles that is exposed rather than hidden by overlap
< a weather of four inches >
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- under the weather
II. adjective
: being toward the direction from which the wind blows : windward
< weather beam >
< weather braces >
— opposed to lee
III. verb
(weathered ; weathered ; weathering \-th(ə)riŋ\ ; weathers)
Etymology: Middle English wederen, wetheren, from weder weather
transitive verb
1. : to expose to the open air : subject to the action of the elements
2.
a. : to sail or pass to the windward of
< weather a cape >
b. : to make headway against (a storm or hard blow)
3. : to bear up against and come safely through (a storm or a threatening or dangerous time)
< now we have weathered another war — Lancet >
4.
a. : to slope (as a roof) so as to shed water
b. : to set (the sails of a windmill) so they will be adjusted to the wind
5. : to tether (a hawk) unhooded in the open air
6. : to make unable to move because of bad weather — used usually with in
< wouldn't want to get weathered in among those high passes — F.V.W.Mason >
intransitive verb
1. : to undergo or endure the action of the elements : wear away, disintegrate, discolor, or deteriorate under atmospheric influences
< shingles had weathered to a silvery gray >
— often used with away
< where the softer rock has weathered away into soil >
2. : to last under use or exposure or passage of time
< some paints weather better than others >
3. dialect : storm
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- weather along
- weather on |