weather
Pronunciation: /ˈwɛðə/
The English word “weather” has 15 meanings listed here.
noun
- 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.
adjective
verb
- 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.
- To rain; to storm.
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 Scots wather (“weather”), Saterland Frisian Weeder (“weather”), Cimbrian bèttar (“weather”), Dutch weder, weer (“weather”), German Wetter (“weather”), Low German Weder (“weather”),…
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