weather

Meanings

Noun

Adjective

  • Facing towards the flow of a fluid, usually air.

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 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.

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Origin

  • 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-.
  • Cognate with Saterland Frisian Weeder, West Frisian waar, Dutch weer, Low German Weder, German Wetter, Danish vejr, Swedish väder, Norwegian Bokmål vær, Norwegian Nynorsk vêr, Icelandic veður; also more distantly related to Russian вёдро and perhaps Albanian vrëndë.

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