weather 
weather (wet̸h′ər)
noun
- the general condition of the atmosphere at a particular time and place, with regard to the temperature, moisture, cloudiness, etc.
- disagreeable or harmful atmospheric conditions; storm, rain, etc. protected against the weather
Etymology: ME weder < OE, akin to ON vethr, Ger wetter < IE base *we-, *awe-, to blow > wind, OSlav vedro, fair weather
transitive verb
- to expose to the action of weather or atmosphere, as for airing, drying or seasoning
- to wear away, discolor, disintegrate, or otherwise change for the worse by exposure to the atmosphere
- to pass through safely or survive to weather a storm
- to slope (masonry, cornices, sills, etc.) so as to allow water to run off
- Naut. to pass to the windward of (a cape, reef, etc.)
intransitive verb
- to become discolored, disintegrated, etc. by exposure to the weather or atmosphere
- to endure such exposure in a specified manner canvas that weathers well
adjective
- designating or of the side of a ship, etc. toward the wind; windward
- exposed to the elements weather deck
make heavy weather of
Chiefly Brit. to create needless difficulties in dealing with
under the weather
☆ Informal- not feeling well; somewhat sick; ailing
- somewhat drunk
weather through
to pass or go safely through a storm, peril, difficulty, etc.
weather
n.
weather
v.
To expose to the weather
dry, bleach, discolor, blanch, whiten, pulverize, tan, burn, patinate, expose, harden, petrify. To pass through adversity successfully
overcome, endure, become toughened, grow hardened, stand up against, bear the brunt of, acclimate oneself, grow strong through; see also endure.Antonyms
fail*, be overcome, fall victim to.
Object
- storm: The British economy looks to be doing fair, and has weathered the storm relatively well.
Converse of object
- brave: More Fun Day Pictures Click Here Wednesday 17 June and DIVA members brave the weather and visit Nostell for a paint and picnic event.
- deteriorate: The next day we left for HC ( High Camp ) in deteriorating weather.
- forecast: Medway road weather forecast The road weather forecast for Medway is only updated during the winter.
Adjective modifier
- inclement: The Coach House is booked in case of inclement weather.
- wet: Will they perch openly in wet weather or take some shelter?
- cold: In cold weather, cold air blows under the kitchen door.
- hot: Even a few weeks of very hot, dry weather can dry out the upper layers of the soil.
- warm: Night Light Holders The warmer weather means we can all enjoy the evenings in the garden or on a balcony.
- bad: The system will cut down on flight problems caused by bad weather enabling planes to land in low cloud.
Modifies a noun
- forecast: Get the local weather forecast for any location in the world.
- condition: Weather conditions convince the list last quot we'd come.
- forecasting: You don't need any map reading skills, or weather forecasting ability.
- forecaster: UK weather forecasters use the Solar UV Index to show how much UV radiation is reaching the earth's surface.
- vane: Finials and weather vanes are also restored and re-gilded.
- prediction: The meteorology tuition includes the taking and interpretation of forecasts, plotting of weather systems and weather prediction using a barometer and by observation.
Noun used with modifier
- freak: We have all experienced " freak weather " over the last few years.
- freezing: Often, in freezing weather, the sodden roots can actually dislodge tiles.
- winter: Ideal for cold winter weather or zipped into an Interactive shell for extra warmth.
Present participle complement
- permit: Meals are taken in the charming kitchen, or weather permitting, outside on the terrace.
Now westlin winds, and slaught'rin guns Bring Autumn's pleasant weather.
All in the blue unclouded weather Thick-jewelled shone the saddle leather, The helmet and the helmet-feather Burned like one burning flame together, As he rode down to Camelot.
For there is no friend like a sister In calm or stormy weather; To cheer one on the tedious way, To fetch one if one goes astray, To lift one if one totters down, To strengthen whilst one stands.
Heavenly weather. If life was always like that.Cricket weather. Sit around under sunshades.Over after over. Out. They can't play it here. Still,Captain Buller broke a window in Kildare Street Club with a slog to square leg.
Your anger was a climate I inhabited like a desert in a dry frigid weather of high thin air and ivory sun, sand dunes the wind lifted into stinging clouds that blinded and choked me where the only ice was in the blood.
Hope ushers in a Revolutionöas earthquakes are preceded by bright weather. 192
He answered and said unto them,When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the sky is red. And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the sky is red and lowring.O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times?
Give me books, fruit, frenchwineand fine weatherand a little music out of doors, played by somebody I do not know.
The poetmay be used as a barometer, but let us not forget that he is also part of the weather.
There are people around here who think Hillary Clinton is responsible for the weather.
Out upon it! I have loved Three whole days together; And am like to love three more, If it prove fair weather.
Set me whereas the sun doth parch the green, Or where his beams may not dissolve the ice, In temperate heat, where he is felt and seen, With proud people, in presence sad and wise; Set me in base, or yet in high degree, In the long night, or in the shortest day, In clear weather, or where mists thickest be, In lusty youth, or when my hairs be grey Yours will I be, and with that only thought Comfort myself when that my hap is nought.
Only, here and there, an old sailor, Drunk and asleep in his boots, Catches tigers In red weather.
Buddy, it's fruitcake weather!
Jolly boating weather And a hay-harvest breeze, Blade on the feather, Shade off the trees; Swing, swing together, With your body between your knees.
We welcome all enquiries about the UK climateöafter all, we have more weather available in this country than anywhere else.
The British, he thought, must be gluttons for satire: even the weather forecast seemed to be some kind of spoof, predicting every possible combination of weather for the next twenty-four hours without actually committing itself to anything specific.
The earth was made for Dombeyand Son to trade in, and thesunandmoonweremadetogivethemlight.Riversand seas were formed to float their ships; rainbowsgave them promise of fair weather; winds blew fororagainst their enterprises; stars and planets circled intheir orbits, to preserve inviolate a system of whichthey were the centre.
Painting, n. The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather and exposing them to the critic.
It was inevitable that as soon as we had enjoyed a few days of reasonable summer weather, the country would suffer an acute water shortage. It can rain for100 days, but if the sun shines on the101st there will be hosepipe restrictions on the102nd.
If love were what the rose is, And I were like the leaf, Our lives would grow together In sad or singing weather, Blown fields or flowered closes, Green pleasure or grey grief.
Our noisy years seem moments in the being Of the eternal silence: truths that wake, To perish never: Which neither listlessness, nor mad endeavour, Nor man nor boy, Nor all that is at enmity with joy, Can utterlyabolish or destroy! Hence in a season of calm weather, Though inland far we be, Our souls have sight of that immortal sea Which brought us hither, Can in a moment travel thither, And see the children sport upon the shore, And hear the mighty waters rolling evermore.
The climate of Manitoba consists of seven months of Arctic weather and five months of cold weather.
Then strip lads, and to it, though sharp be the weather, And if, by mischance, you should happen to fall, There are worse things in life than a tumble on the heather And life is itself a game of football.
When two Englishmen meet, their first talk is of the weather.
If only I could get down to Sidcup! I've been waiting for the weather to break. He's got my papers, this man I left them with, it's got it all down there, I could prove everything.
A cold coming we had of it, Just the worst time of the year For a journey, and such a long journey: The ways deep and the weather sharp, The very dead of winter.
Weather abroad And weather in the heart alike come on Regardless of prediction.
They shut the road through the woods Seventy years ago. Weather and rain have undone it again, And now you would never know There was once a road through the woods.
It was no summer progress. A cold coming they had of it, at this time of the year; just, the worst time of the year, to take a journey, and specially a long journey, in. The ways deep, the weather sharp, the days short, the sun farthest off in solstitio brumali, the very dead of winter. See Eliot 306:73.
Ill is the weather that bringeth no gain.
This is the weather the cuckoo likes, And so do I; When showers betumble the chestnut spikes, And nestlings fly: And the little brown nightingale bills his best, And they sit outside at 'TheTravellers' Rest', And maids come forth sprig-muslin drest, And citizens dream of the south and west, And so do I.
It's no go my honey love, it's no go my poppet; Work your hands from day to day, the winds will blow the profit. The glassisfalling hourby hour, theglass will fall forever, But if you break the bloody glass, you won't hold up the weather.
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