WEATHER
\wˈɛðə], \wˈɛðə], \w_ˈɛ_ð_ə]\
Definitions of WEATHER
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
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The state of the air or atmosphere with respect to heat or cold, wetness or dryness, calm or storm, clearness or cloudiness, or any other meteorological phenomena; meteorological condition of the atmosphere; as, warm weather; cold weather; wet weather; dry weather, etc.
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Vicissitude of season; meteorological change; alternation of the state of the air.
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Storm; tempest.
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A light rain; a shower.
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To expose to the air; to air; to season by exposure to air.
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Hence, to sustain the trying effect of; to bear up against and overcome; to sustain; to endure; to resist; as, to weather the storm.
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To sail or pass to the windward of; as, to weather a cape; to weather another ship.
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To place (a hawk) unhooded in the open air.
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To undergo or endure the action of the atmosphere; to suffer meteorological influences; sometimes, to wear away, or alter, under atmospheric influences; to suffer waste by weather.
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Being toward the wind, or windward - opposed to lee; as, weather bow, weather braces, weather gauge, weather lifts, weather quarter, weather shrouds, etc.
By Oddity Software
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The state of the air or atmosphere with respect to heat or cold, wetness or dryness, calm or storm, clearness or cloudiness, or any other meteorological phenomena; meteorological condition of the atmosphere; as, warm weather; cold weather; wet weather; dry weather, etc.
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Vicissitude of season; meteorological change; alternation of the state of the air.
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Storm; tempest.
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A light rain; a shower.
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To expose to the air; to air; to season by exposure to air.
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Hence, to sustain the trying effect of; to bear up against and overcome; to sustain; to endure; to resist; as, to weather the storm.
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To sail or pass to the windward of; as, to weather a cape; to weather another ship.
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To place (a hawk) unhooded in the open air.
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To undergo or endure the action of the atmosphere; to suffer meteorological influences; sometimes, to wear away, or alter, under atmospheric influences; to suffer waste by weather.
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Being toward the wind, or windward - opposed to lee; as, weather bow, weather braces, weather gauge, weather lifts, weather quarter, weather shrouds, etc.
By Noah Webster.
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The state of the atmosphere as to cold. heat wet, dryness, etc.
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To expose to, or season by exposure to, the air; sail to the windward of; resist bravely, as a storm.
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To undergo change by the action of the air, rain, etc.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To affect by exposing to the air: to sail to the windward of: to gain or pass, as a promontory or cape: to hold out stoutly against difficulties.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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