weather
To expose to the weather, or show the effects of such exposure, or to withstand such…To expose to the weather, or show the effects of such exposure, or to withstand such effects.
» It all depends on the weather.
Alles hängt vom Wetter ab.
Всё зависит от погоды.
Все залежить від погоди.
Meaning
8 sensesTo expose to the weather, or show the effects of such exposure, or to withstand such effects.
(broadly)To sustain the trying effect of; to bear up against and overcome; to endure; to resist.
April 18, 1850, Frederick William Robertson, An Address Delivered to the Members of the Working Man's Institute You will weather the difficulties yet.
To break down, of rocks and other materials, under the effects of exposure to rain, sunlight, temperature, and air.
verwittern
To cause (rocks) to break down by crushing, grinding, and/or dissolving with acids.
To pass to windward in a vessel, especially to beat 'round.
to weather a cape to weather another ship
sail to the windward of
To endure or survive an event or action without undue damage.
Joshua weathered a collision with a freighter near South Africa.
überstehen
To place (a hawk) unhooded in the open air.
To rain; to storm.
Examples
2346 sentencesIt all depends on the weather.
Все залежить від погоди.
ruВсё зависит от погоды.
deAlles hängt vom Wetter ab.
I'm fed up with this weather.
Ця погода у мене вже в печінці сидить.
ruЭта погода у меня уже в печенках сидит.
deIch habe dieses Wetter satt.
The weather was very bad yesterday.
Учора погода була дуже поганою.
ruПогода вчера была очень плохой.
deGestern war miserables Wetter.
The weather couldn't have been better.
Погода не могла би бути кращою.
ruПогода не могла быть лучше.
The weather was very good today.
Сьогодні погода дуже хороша.
Translations
5 languagesBy meaning 2
Origin
From Middle English weder, wedir, from Old English weder, from Proto-West Germanic *wedr,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- (“to blow”).
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Forms
weathers, weathering, weathered, weathered| Base form | weather · to weather |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | weathers |
| Present participle | weathering |
| Past simple | weathered |
| Past participle | weathered |
regular
Synonyms
3 synonymsWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A2Small talk — Because the lesson uses it
- A2Weather and nature — Because the lesson uses it
- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
Collocations
12 patterns- the weather is
- the weather forecast
- kind of weather
- about the weather
- if the weather
- weather forecast
- bad weather
- the bad weather
- under the weather
- cold weather
- the weather will
- hot weather