Word Finder - weather

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The short term state of the atmosphere at a specific time and place, including the temperature, relative humidity, cloud cover, precipitation, wind, etc.

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Unpleasant or destructive atmospheric conditions, and their effects.

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Wooden garden furniture must be well oiled as it is continuously exposed to weather.

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The direction from which the wind is blowing; used attributively to indicate the windward side.

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A situation.

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A storm; a tempest.

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A light shower of rain.

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To expose to the weather, or show the effects of such exposure, or to withstand such effects.

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(by extension) To sustain the trying effect of; to bear up against and overcome; to endure; to resist.

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To break down, of rocks and other materials, under the effects of exposure to rain, sunlight, temperature, and air.

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To pass to windward in a vessel, especially to beat 'round.

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to weather a cape; to weather another ship

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To endure or survive an event or action without undue damage.

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Joshua weathered a collision with a freighter near South Africa.

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To place (a hawk) unhooded in the open air.

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Facing towards the flow of a fluid, usually air.

I'm surprised to say the weather was better.

The weather was balmy, adding to the enjoyment of the day.

The weather is supposed to be nice this weekend.

The weather made outdoor activities unrealistic.

If you don't like the weather, hang around until this afternoon.

In clear weather, in summer, they appear blue at a little distance, especially if agitated, and at a great distance all appear alike.

It was the weather that made her so irritable.

A breath of almost spring-like weather assailed him.

The balmy weather of Thanksgiving Day had given way to a frosty day after.

It was terrible weather for growing things.

The weather continues hot.

It could only have been in the last few weeks since the weather had turned warm.

Sarah talked endlessly about her flower garden, the weather and anything else that came to her mind.

I know the work is hard and the weather is forbidding at times, but do you know how lucky you are?

The wild flowers are spectacular in Yankee Boy Basin and with this weather, we'll have the place to ourselves.

The dry weather was perfect for building.

Elisabeth, I have no idea how our relationship will weather this.

With so many people at their house, it was fortunate that the weather was warm and dry so they could utilize the courtyard for the children.

The Caribbean air was heavy, the ocean chill warmer than the weather at the castle.

The weather had turned sultry but there was a cool breeze out on the patio by the barbecue.

In cold weather we eat more, in warm less.

The weather is scorching.

At ten in the morning of the second of September this weather still held.

The weather grew intermittently warmer and on one of those sunny warm days, Cade invited her to pack a lunch and join him in a ride on the ranch.

And even that ruined and befouled house – which in dull weather was repulsively ugly – seemed quietly beautiful now, in the clear, motionless brilliance.

At the first hint of below freezing weather, Howie was on the job, covering everything and reading up on all preventive measures known to man.

He went on to add judiciously that elevation changed Mother Nature's rules about the weather every few hundred feet.

The weather had cleared again since noon and the sun was descending brightly upon the Danube and the dark hills around it.

While the horses were being harnessed Alpatych and Ferapontov over their tea talked of the price of corn, the crops, and the good weather for harvesting.

This would be a good place to come to relax, though - when the weather warmed.

The weather is beautiful, Princess; and besides, in Moscow one feels as if one were in the country.

You see it's damp weather, and you could rest, and the little countess could be driven home in a trap.

It was simply idle conversation about everything from the weather to politics.

He remembered only the dull gray weather now rainy and now snowy, internal physical distress, and pains in his feet and side.

It reminded her of an Arkansas weather joke she once heard.

The hunt is on but the weather is too hot and sticky.

She asked, a smile in her voice, "How's the weather in Idaho?"

Often, when the weather is fine, we drive from four to six, or go to see her aunt at Ivy Green or her cousins in the town.

Weather this danger and you are safe, for the rest of the way is down hill.

The national weather forecast on television was calling for light snow in Arkansas.

Perhaps I'll move further east and see if the plucking is better when the weather is cooler.

Indeed, the Tophetic weather has reduced us all to a semi-liquid state.

The weather was already growing wintry and morning frosts congealed an earth saturated by autumn rains.

The guests, apparently taking advantage of the improving weather, had not returned.

He cleaned the kitchen, dusted the entire downstairs and, as the weather remained mild, even washed the first floor windows, hoping when and if Cynthia saw them it would not be in the sun.

The weather is fine, and the air is full of the scent of strawberries.

But the weather and the scenery were so beautiful, and it was such fun to go scooting over the smoother part of the road, I didn't mind the mishaps in the least.

The opening of large tracts by the ice-cutters commonly causes a pond to break up earlier; for the water, agitated by the wind, even in cold weather, wears away the surrounding ice.

As if bent on assisting her, the weather turned steamy when it entered the second week of June.

We're just out here enjoying the weather before they serve supper.