WEATHER

Weather

Weather is the state of the atmosphere, to the degree that it is hot or cold, wet or dry, calm or stormy, clear or cloudy. Most weather phenomena occur in the troposphere, just below the stratosphere. Weather generally refers to day-to-day temperature and precipitation activity, whereas climate is the term for the average atmospheric conditions over longer periods of time. When used without qualification, "weather" is understood to mean the weather of Earth.

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weather

Noun

  1. The short term state of the atmosphere at a specific time and place, including the temperature, humidity, cloud cover, precipitation, wind, etc.
  2. Unpleasant or destructive atmospheric conditions, and their effects.
    Wooden garden furniture must be well oiled as it is continuously exposed to weather.
  3. The direction from which the wind is blowing; used attributively to indicate the windward side.
  4. A situation.
  5. A storm; a tempest.
  6. A light shower of rain.

Verb

  1. To expose to the weather, or show the effects of such exposure, or to withstand such effects.
  2. To sustain the trying effect of; to bear up against and overcome; to endure; to resist.
  3. To pass to windward in a vessel, especially to beat 'round.
    to weather a cape; to weather another ship
  4. To endure or survive an event or action without undue damage.
    Joshua weathered a collision with a freighter near South Africa.
  5. To place (a hawk) unhooded in the open air.


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