Definitions of weather
British English : weather If something such as wood or rock weathers or is weathered, it changes colour or shape as a result of the wind, sun, rain, or cold. VERBUnpainted wooden furniture weathers to a grey colour.
noun
- the day-to-day meteorological conditions, esp temperature, cloudiness, and rainfall, affecting a specific place Compare climate (sense 1) (modifier) relating to the forecasting of weather ⇒ a weather ship
- the day-to-day meteorological conditions, esp temperature, cloudiness, and rainfall, affecting a specific place Compare climate (sense 1)
- (modifier) relating to the forecasting of weather ⇒ a weather ship
- a prevailing state or condition
- See make heavy weather
- See under the weather
- the day-to-day meteorological conditions, esp temperature, cloudiness, and rainfall, affecting a specific place Compare climate (sense 1)
- (modifier) relating to the forecasting of weather ⇒ a weather ship
adjective
- (prenominal) on or at the side or part towards the wind; windward ⇒ the weather anchor Compare lee (sense 4)
verb
- to expose or be exposed to the action of the weather
- to undergo or cause to undergo changes, such as discoloration, due to the action of the weather
- (intransitive) to withstand the action of the weather
- when intr, foll by through to endure (a crisis, danger, etc)
- (transitive) to slope (a surface, such as a roof, sill, etc) so as to throw rainwater clear
- (transitive) to sail to the windward of ⇒ to weather a point