weather
Plural: weathers
Noun
- the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation
- "they were hoping for good weather"
- "every day we have weather conditions and yesterday was no exception"
- The short term state of the atmosphere at a specific time and place, including the temperature, relative humidity, cloud cover, precipitation, wind, etc.
- Unpleasant or destructive atmospheric conditions, and their effects.
- The direction from which the wind is blowing; used attributively to indicate the windward side.
- A situation.
- A storm; a tempest.
- A light shower of rain.
Verb
Verb Forms: weathered, weathering, weathers
- To endure or survive a difficult period; to expose to elements.
- face and withstand with courage
- cause to slope
- sail to the windward of
- change under the action or influence of the weather
- "A weathered old hut"
- To expose to the weather, or show the effects of such exposure, or to withstand such effects.
- To sustain the trying effect of; to bear up against and overcome; to endure; to resist.
- To break down, of rocks and other materials, under the effects of exposure to rain, sunlight, temperature, and air.
- To cause (rocks) to break down by crushing, grinding, and/or dissolving with acids.
- To pass to windward in a vessel, especially to beat 'round.
- To endure or survive an event or action without undue damage.
- To place (a hawk) unhooded in the open air.
Adjective Satellite
- towards the side exposed to wind
Adj
- Facing towards the flow of a fluid, usually air.
Examples
- He had to weather a storm of bad tiles to finally secure a victory in Scrabble.
- Here and there, the weather on the sea allowed two of their friends to hear and see, too.
- Joshua weathered a collision with a freighter near South Africa.
- The garden party was called off due to bad weather.
- to weather a cape to weather another ship
- We'll go for a walk when the weather's better.
- What's the weather like today?
- Wooden garden furniture must be well oiled as it is continuously exposed to weather.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English weder, wedir, from Old English weder, from Proto-West Germanic *wedr, from Proto-Germanic *wedrą, from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰrom (=*we-dʰrom), from *h₂weh₁- (“to blow”).
Cognates
Cognate with Saterland Frisian Weeder, West Frisian waar, Dutch weer, Low German Weder, German Wetter, Danish vejr, Swedish väder, Norwegian Bokmål vær, Norwegian Nynorsk vêr, Icelandic veður; also more distantly related to Russian вёдро (vjódro, “fair weather”) and perhaps Albanian vrëndë (“light rain”).
Other cognates include Sanskrit निर्वाण (nirvāṇa, “blown or put out, extinguished”).
Synonyms
atmospheric condition, brave, brave out, conditions, endure, upwind, weather condition, state of the atmosphere, weatherboard, windward
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 13
weather: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordweather: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
weather: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary