1. noun /ˈwɛðɚ/
a) The short term state of the atmosphere at a specific time and place, including the temperature, humidity, cloud cover, precipitation, wind, etc.
Wooden garden furniture must be well oiled as it is continuously exposed to weather.
One complained of a bad cold in his head, upon which Jonah mixed him a pitch-like potion of gin and molasses, which he swore was a sovereign cure for all colds and catarrhs whatsoever, never mind of how long standing, or whether caught off the coast of Labrador, or on the weather side of an ice-island.
2. verb /ˈwɛðɚ/
Joshua weathered a collision with a freighter near South Africa.
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