weather

[ weth-er ]

noun

1. the state of the atmosphere with respect to wind, temperature, cloudiness, moisture, pressure, etc.
2. a strong wind or storm or strong winds and storms collectively:

   We've had some real weather this spring.

3. a weathercast:

   The radio announcer will read the weather right after the commercial.

4. Usually weathers. changes or vicissitudes in one's lot or fortunes:

   She remained a good friend in all weathers.

verb (used with object)

1. to expose to the weather; dry, season, or otherwise affect by exposure to the air or atmosphere:

   to weather lumber before marketing it.

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

   These crumbling stones have been weathered by the centuries.

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

   to weather a severe illness.

4. Nautical. (of a ship, mariner, etc.) to pass or sail to the windward of:

   to weather a cape.

5. Architecture. to cause to slope, so as to shed water.

verb (used without object)

1. to undergo change, especially discoloration or disintegration, as the result of exposure to atmospheric conditions.
2. to endure or resist exposure to the weather:

   a coat that weathers well.

3. to go or come safely through a storm, danger, trouble, etc. (usually followed by through ):

   It was a difficult time for her, but she weathered through beautifully.

weather

/ ˈwɛðə /

noun

1. 1. the day-to-day meteorological conditions, esp temperature, cloudiness, and rainfall, affecting a specific place Compare climate
   2. modifier relating to the forecasting of weather

      a weather ship

2. a prevailing state or condition
3. make heavy weather
   1. (of a vessel) to roll and pitch in heavy seas
   2. foll by of to carry out with great difficulty or unnecessarily great effort
4. under the weather informal.
   1. not in good health
   2. intoxicated

adjective

1. prenominal on or at the side or part towards the wind; windward Compare lee

   the weather anchor

verb

1. to expose or be exposed to the action of the weather
2. to undergo or cause to undergo changes, such as discoloration, due to the action of the weather
3. intr to withstand the action of the weather
4. whenintr, foll by through to endure (a crisis, danger, etc)
5. tr to slope (a surface, such as a roof, sill, etc) so as to throw rainwater clear
6. tr to sail to the windward of

   to weather a point

weather

/ wĕth′ər /

1. The state of the atmosphere at a particular time and place. Weather is described in terms of variable conditions such as temperature, humidity, wind velocity, precipitation, and barometric pressure. Weather on Earth occurs primarily in the troposphere, or lower atmosphere, and is driven by energy from the Sun and the rotation of the Earth. The average weather conditions of a region over time are used to define a region's climate.

weather

1. The daily conditions of the atmosphere in terms of temperature, atmospheric pressure , wind, and moisture.

Derived Forms

• ˌweatheraˈbility, noun
• ˈweatherer, noun

Other Words From

• weather·er noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of weather¹

First recorded before 900; Middle English (noun), Old English weder; cognate with Dutch weder, German Wetter, Old Norse vethr

Word History and Origins

Origin of weather¹

Old English weder; related to Old Saxon wedar, Old High German wetar, Old Norse vethr

Idioms and Phrases

Idioms

1. under the weather, Informal.
   1. somewhat indisposed; ailing; ill.
   2. suffering from a hangover.
   3. more or less drunk:

      Many fatal accidents are caused by drivers who are under the weather.

More idioms and phrases containing weather

In addition to the idiom beginning with weather , also see fair-weather friend ; heavy going (weather) ; keep a weather eye out ; under the weather .

Example Sentences

Set aside the preposterous contentions that “government agencies are no different” from corporations, or that mass-eliminating people by SSN would not cripple necessary everyday government functions like air traffic control and emergency relief and weather monitoring, even after screening them for constitutional knowledge or something.

From Slate

Much colder weather is set to arrive across the UK next week, bringing widespread frosts, plunging temperatures and for some areas, snow.

From BBC

Many inland areas of the UK are likely to see quite a lot of dry weather with morning frosts and sunny skies.

From BBC

Most weather computer models develop an area of low pressure on Monday night and Tuesday that moves south-east across Northern Ireland, England and Wales.

From BBC

This change in weather fortunes comes about thanks to a blocking area of high pressure building across Greenland with cold Arctic air emptying out across the UK and bitter northerly winds developing.

From BBC

Related Words

• get through
• overcome
• resist
• ride out
• suffer
• surmount
• survive
• withstand