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Weather   /wˈɛðər/   Listen
Weather

noun
1.
The atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation.  Synonyms: atmospheric condition, conditions, weather condition.  "Every day we have weather conditions and yesterday was no exception" , "The conditions were too rainy for playing in the snow"
verb
(past & past part. weathered; pres. part. weathering)
1.
Face and withstand with courage.  Synonyms: brave, brave out, endure.
2.
Cause to slope.
3.
Sail to the windward of.
4.
Change under the action or influence of the weather.
adjective
1.
Towards the side exposed to wind.  Synonym: upwind.



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"Weather" Quotes from Famous Books



... characterized by persistent cold and relatively narrow annual temperature ranges; winters characterized by continuous darkness, cold and stable weather conditions, and clear skies; summers characterized by continuous daylight, damp and foggy weather, and weak cyclones with rain ...
— The 1998 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.

... to take its course. Diego Salcedo was surprised in his Palace, and imprisoned by the bloodthirsty agents of the Santo Oficio. Some years afterwards, he was shipped on board a galleon as a prisoner to the Inquisitors of Mexico, but the ship had to put back under stress of weather, and Salcedo returned to his dungeon. There he suffered the worst privations, until he was again embarked for Mexico. On this voyage he died of grief and melancholy. The King espoused the cause of the ecclesiastics, and ordered Salcedo's ...
— The Philippine Islands • John Foreman

... spring or early summer weather was hot and clear. We had been pressing on feverishly and were heated, tired and sleepy, when, while following a faint track through dense woods, we took a wrong turn and soon found that we had utterly lost our way. The sunlight was ...
— Andivius Hedulio • Edward Lucas White

... The weather was getting steadily colder. Greasy-looking clouds drove down from the north-west. Heavy winds swept by. The days turned gray. Under the shelter of trees the ground froze into hummocks, which did not thaw out. ...
— The Silent Places • Stewart Edward White

... wondred most of all that I should be tied from marriage, having such a mind too't. Come, Sir John Pennydub, fair weather on our side; the moon ...
— The Puritain Widow • William Shakespeare [Apocrypha]


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