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Definition of 'Weather'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) weather
the state of the atmosphere with respect to wind, temperature, cloudiness, moisture, pressure, etc.

2.  weather
a strong wind or storm, or strong winds and storms collectively.

3.  weather
a report on the weather broadcast on radio or television.

4.  weather
Usu., weathers. changes or vicissitudes in one's lot or fortunes:
a good friend in all weathers.

5. (v.t.) weather
to dry, season, or otherwise affect by exposure to the air or atmosphere.

6.  weather
to discolor, disintegrate, or affect injuriously, as by the effects of weather.

7.  weather
to bear up against and come safely through (a storm, danger, trouble, etc.).

8.  weather
(of a ship, mariner, etc.) to pass or sail to the windward of:
to weather a cape.

9.  weather
to cause (a roof, sill, etc.) to slope, so as to shed water.

10. (v.i.) weather
to undergo change, esp. discoloration or disintegration, as the result of exposure to atmospheric conditions.

11.  weather
to endure or resist exposure to the weather.

12.  weather
to go or come safely. (usu. fol. by through).

13.  weather
under the weather,

14.  weather
ill.

15.  weather
drunk.

Etymology: (bef. 900; ME (n.), OE weder, c. OHG wetar, ON vethr)

Definition of 'Weather'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (adj) weather, weather condition, conditions, atmospheric condition
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 conditions were too rainy for playing in the snow"

2. (verb) upwind, weather(a)
towards the side exposed to wind

3. (verb) weather, endure, brave, brave out
face and withstand with courage
"She braved the elements"

4. (verb) weather
cause to slope

5. (verb) weather
sail to the windward of

6. (verb) weather
change under the action or influence of the weather
"A weathered old hut"

Definition of 'Weather'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) weather
the temperature and conditions in a particular area
a period of hot/rainy/dry weather; If the weather's good, we'll go swimming.

2.  weather
the weather
a TV, radio, etc. report about what the weather will be like
I want to check the weather.

3.  weather
under the weather
not feeling well
She's under the weather today.

4. (verb) weather
to manage to deal successfully with a difficult situation
a company that weathered the difficult economic times

5.  weather
to become or cause to appear worn and old from being outside
the weathered wood of the fence

Definition of 'Weather'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) Weather
being toward the wind, or windward -- opposed to lee; as, weather bow, weather braces, weather gauge, weather lifts, weather quarter, weather shrouds, etc

2. (noun) Weather
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

3. (noun) Weather
vicissitude of season; meteorological change; alternation of the state of the air

4. (noun) Weather
storm; tempest

5. (noun) Weather
a light rain; a shower

6. (verb) Weather
to expose to the air; to air; to season by exposure to air

7. (verb) Weather
hence, to sustain the trying effect of; to bear up against and overcome; to sustain; to endure; to resist; as, to weather the storm

8. (verb) Weather
to sail or pass to the windward of; as, to weather a cape; to weather another ship

9. (verb) Weather
to place (a hawk) unhooded in the open air

10. (verb) Weather
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

Definition of 'Weather'

U.S. National Library of Medicine

1. Weather
The state of the ATMOSPHERE over minutes to months.

Translation of 'Weather'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: conditions in the atmosphere, especially as regards heat or cold, wind, rain, snow etc The weather is too hot for me; stormy weather; (
Afrikaans: weer	Arabic: طَقْس	Bulgarian: време
Brazilian: tempo	Czech: počasí	German: das Wetter, Wetter-...
Danish: vejr; vejr-	Greek: καιρός	Spanish: tiempo, clima
Estonian: ilm, ilma-	Farsi: آب و هوا	Finnish: sää
French: temps; météo	Hebrew: מֶזֶג אֲוִיר	Hindi: मौसम
Croatian: vrijeme, vremenski	Hungarian: idő(járás); (jelzőként:)	Indonesian: cuaca
Icelandic: veður	Italian: tempo; del tempo	Japanese: 天気
Korean: 날씨	Lithuanian: oras	Latvian: laiks; laika- (apstākļi)
Malay: cuaca	Dutch: weer	Norwegian: vær
Polish: pogoda	Portuguese: tempo	Romanian: vreme; meteo, starea vrem
Russian: погода	Slovak: počasie	Slovenian: vreme
Serbian: vreme	Swedish: väder, väderlek	Thai: สภาพอากาศ
Turkish: hava	Taiwanese: 天氣	Ukrainian: погода
Urdu: موسم	Vietnamese: thời tiết	Chinese: 天气
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