Weather
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English
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ËwÉðÉ/
wea etha
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Etymology
Old English weder
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Adjective
weather
- of, or relating to weather
- (nautical{{#if:|, {{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}{{#if:|, {{{4}}}{{#if:|, {{{5}}}{{#if:|, {{{6}}}{{#if:|, {{{7}}}{{#if:|, {{{8}}}{{#if:|, {{{9}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}) windward
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Noun
weather
- the short term state of the atmosphere at a specific time and place, including the temperature, humidity, cloud coverage and fall of precipitation, wind, etc.
- unpleasant or destructive atmospheric conditions, and its effects.
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Verb
to weather (third-person singular simple present weathers, present participle weathering, simple past weathered, past participle weathered)
- To expose to the weather, or show the effects of such exposure, or to withstand such effects.
- (nautical{{#if:|, {{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}{{#if:|, {{{4}}}{{#if:|, {{{5}}}{{#if:|, {{{6}}}{{#if:|, {{{7}}}{{#if:|, {{{8}}}{{#if:|, {{{9}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}) To pass to windward in a vessel, especially to beat 'round.
- (nautical{{#if:|, {{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}{{#if:|, {{{4}}}{{#if:|, {{{5}}}{{#if:|, {{{6}}}{{#if:|, {{{7}}}{{#if:|, {{{8}}}{{#if:|, {{{9}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}) To endure or survive an event or action without undue damage.
- Joshua weathered a collision with a freighter near South Africa.
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Derived terms
fr:weather io:weather it:weather hu:weather nl:weather fi:weather ta:weather zh:weather