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| weathered | |
| 1. adj. Worn by weather, as of rocks, stone, etc. |  |
| 2. adj. (architecture) Made slightly sloping, so as to throw off water. | |
| weather | |
| 1. n. The short term state of the atmosphere at a specific time and place, including the temperature, relative humidity, cloud cover, precipitation, wind, etc. | |
| 2. n. Unpleasant or destructive atmospheric conditions, and their effects. | |
| Wooden garden furniture must be well oiled as it is continuously exposed to weather. | |
| 3. n. (nautical) The direction from which the wind is blowing; used attributively to indicate the windward side. | |
| 4. n. (figuratively) A situation. | |
| 5. n. (obsolete) A storm; a tempest. | |
| 6. n. (obsolete) A light shower of rain. | |
| 7. adj. (sailing, geology) Facing towards the flow of a fluid, usually air. | |
| weather side, weather helm | |
| 8. v. To expose to the weather, or show the effects of such exposure, or to withstand such effects. | |
| 9. v. (by extension) To sustain the trying effect of; to bear up against and overcome; to endure; to resist. | |
| 10. v. To break down, of rocks and other materials, under the effects of exposure to rain, sunlight, temperature, and air. | |
| 11. v. (nautical) To pass to windward in a vessel, especially to beat 'round. | |
| to weather a cape; to weather another ship | |
| 12. v. (nautical) To endure or survive an event or action without undue damage. | |
| Joshua weathered a collision with a freighter near South Africa. | |
| 13. v. (falconry) To place (a hawk) unhooded in the open air. | |
