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Definition weather

Etymology

From Middle English weder, wedir, from Old English weder, from Proto-Germanic *wedr?, from Proto-Indo-European *wed?rom (=*we-d?rom), from *h?weh?- (“to blow”). 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 ????? (vjodro, “fair weather”) and perhaps Albanian vrëndë (“light rain”).

Noun

weather (countable and uncountable, plural weathers)

1. The short term state of the atmosphere at a specific time and place, including the temperature, relative humidity, cloud cover, precipitation, wind, etc.
2. Unpleasant or destructive atmospheric conditions, and their effects.
3. (nautical) The direction from which the wind is blowing; used attributively to indicate the windward side.
4. (countable, figuratively) A situation.
5. (obsolete) A storm; a tempest.
6. (obsolete) A light shower of rain.

Adjective

weather (not comparable)

1. (sailing, geology) Facing towards the flow of a fluid, usually air.

Verb

weather (third-person singular simple present weathers, present participle weathering, simple past and past participle weathered)

1. To expose to the weather, or show the effects of such exposure, or to withstand such effects.
2. (by extension) To sustain the trying effect of; to bear up against and overcome; to endure; to resist.
3. To break down, of rocks and other materials, under the effects of exposure to rain, sunlight, temperature, and air.
4. (nautical) To pass to windward in a vessel, especially to beat 'round.
5. (nautical) To endure or survive an event or action without undue damage.
6. (falconry) To place (a hawk) unhooded in the open air.

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