weather

== English == === 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”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈwɛðə/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈwɛðɚ/ (Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈweðə/ (Scotland) IPA(key): /ˈwɛðəɾ/ Rhymes: -ɛðə(ɹ) Homophones: wether; whether (wine–whine merger) Hyphenation: wea‧ther === Noun === weather (countable and uncountable, plural weathers) 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. (nautical) The direction from which the wind is blowing; used attributively to indicate the windward side. (countable, figuratively) A situation. (obsolete) A storm; a tempest. (obsolete) A light shower of rain. (Can we find and add a quotation of Wyclif to this entry?) ==== Synonyms ==== (state of the atmosphere): meteorology (windward side): weatherboard ==== Hyponyms ==== dirty weather space weather ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === weather (not comparable) (sailing, geology) Facing towards the flow of a fluid, usually air. weather side, weather helm ==== Synonyms ==== (nautical) windward ==== Antonyms ==== (nautical, geology) lee === Verb === weather (third-person singular simple present weathers, present participle weathering, simple past and past participle weathered) To expose to the weather, or show the effects of such exposure, or to withstand such effects. (by extension) To sustain the trying effect of; to bear up against and overcome; to endure; to resist. April 18, 1850, Frederick William Robertson, An Address Delivered to the Members of the Working Man's Institute You will weather the difficulties yet. 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. (nautical) To pass to windward in a vessel, especially to beat 'round. (nautical) To endure or survive an event or action without undue damage. (falconry) To place (a hawk) unhooded in the open air. To rain; to storm. ==== Derived terms ==== overweather unweather weather the storm ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === “weather”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. weather in Britannica Dictionary weather in Macmillan Collocations Dictionary weather in Sentence collocations by Cambridge Dictionary weather in Ozdic collocation dictionary weather in WordReference English Collocations === Anagrams === weareth, wheater, whate'er, wreathe, whereat