Definition of: weather

(weth′ər) noun
1. The general atmospheric condition, as regards temperature, moisture, winds, or other meteorological phenomena.
2. The common phenomena of wind, rain, cold, heat, cloudiness, or storm.
3. Bad weather; storm.
—to keep one's weather eye open Colloq. To be alert.
—under the weather Colloq.
1. Ailing; ill.
2. Somewhat intoxicated.
—v.t.
1. To expose to the action of the weather.
2. To discolor, crumble, or otherwise affect by action of the weather.
3. To pass through and survive, as a crisis.
4. To slope, as a roof, so as to shed water.
5. Naut. To pass to windward of: to weather Cape Fear.
—v.i.
6. To undergo changes resulting from exposure to the weather.
7. To resist the action of the weather.
—adjective Facing the wind; windward: opposed to lee. ♦ Homophone: wether. [OE weder]
Weather may appear as a combining form in hyphemes or solidemes, or as the first element in two–word phrases: