Word Finder - weathered

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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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Worn by weather, as of rocks, stone, etc.

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Made slightly sloping, so as to throw off water.

The wooden planks were old and weathered, but felt solid enough.

Katie and Bill had weathered the storm well with their new family.

The garden was beginning to look weathered.

To enable the soil to grow good crops the upper layer must be pulverized and weathered.

The man who could have had such success, who could have made the Treaties of Westphalia and the Pyrenees, who could have weathered the storm of the Fronde, and left France at peace with itself and with Europe to Louis XIV., must have been a great man; and historians, relying too much on the brilliant memoirs of his adversaries, like De Retz, are apt to rank him too low.

A weathered paint finish is popular with beadboard headboards, since the designs are generally just right for rustic, casual rooms.

White washed furniture or weathered blue or yellow painted chairs are a classic look.

They are built of blocks of pudding-stone, originally well jointed, but now much weathered.

Both mother and daughter weathered the ordeal well.

If you want a more rustic look, then you can opt for hand-hewn doors that are intentionally finished with a weathered or distressed look, but stained in a natural or dark finish.

The basement rocks, which tested oil, consist of fractured metaquartzites, weathered argillites and weathered granite.

The older sandstone remains weathered and discolored and recent repair work in fine grained yellow ashlar is clearly visible.

Between these are structurally weaker palaeosol horizons of weathered basalt that encourage localized collapse as the wear back and undermine the overlying basalt.

The ascent of the Wrekin, along the main track, initially found dark fine-grained dolerites, which were very weathered and somewhat crumbly.

Every one also has easels standing tall, accompanied by a weathered table speckled with paint and sporting a paintbox and palettes.

He is a street evangelist and his personality shows all the signs of a tough, weathered and fearless ' front line ' evangelist.

Even hard igneous rocks get weathered away eventually over millions of years to form sand grains.

But England weathered the storm and broke out to grab the opener on 25 minutes.

Follow-up overburden sampling showed that gold is present in head and weathered bedrock, as well as in near-surface overburden sampling showed that gold is present in head and weathered bedrock, as well as in near-surface overburden.

The wood has been supplied by James Latham and Co from a sustainable source and has been weathered to give a silvery patina.

Newly sanded wood is shown on the left whilst the right hand side still has a weathered patina showing up black.

Follow-up overburden sampling showed that gold is present in head and weathered bedrock, as well as in near-surface overburden.

Threshold stone at door is weathered 18thC grave slab with flags just inside; then 8 concrete steps up to interior.

Thus far, the Ernst & Young ITEM Club has said that the UK has weathered recessionary squalls very well.

Comb of Type 4, with deeply curved cross-section; much weathered and unornamented length 136 mm.

Slightly weathered mortar is very rarely the cause of dampness and water penetration through a wall.

I painted around the castle picture, which is very weathered - I'll try to restore it.

Fortunately, that inscription was transcribed before it became too weathered.

To my eye at least, this stonework appears weathered.

Meantime the colony had weathered a severe commercial crisis brought on in 1865 through over-speculation and the neglect of agriculture, save along the coast belt.

High-tech firms in North Carolina 's Research Triangle weathered Hurricane Floyd after days of preparation and rerouting of important online traffic.

We could not let this senseless tragedy fade away into the weathered pages of history.

The British economy looks to be doing fair, and has weathered the storm relatively well.

The Climbs Composed of natural, weathered sandstone the crag can be divided into four buttresses.

Subsequent erosion of the chemically weathered granite took place as a generally radial drainage network evolved around the granite dome.

They are weathered limestone which were brought to the site from a nearby source.

East of the chancel some weathered slabs may be 18thC.

Paul had tried to place a bolt to ease the take-off, but the brittle, weathered surface rock had foiled his valiant attempts.

In general, soft, porous or severely weathered stone must be treated with a softer, weaker mortar than hard, dense stone.

A decision support tool will be developed for determination of wellhead protection areas around groundwater sources in the weathered fractured aquifer system.

Reclaimed barnwood gives furniture like dressers, buffets and hutches an antique, weathered look that fits the style perfectly.

The weathered look goes hand in hand with French farmhouse designs.

This is the color palette for the antique collector, for those that love the aged, weathered look of treasures from an ancient past.

Nautical colors can be bright or have a weathered, distressed look.

The Weathered Gate features many prints and signs showcasing farms, barns, and country cottage homes through the seasons, and a selection of floral and farmhouse-themed wallpapers and borders in soft, muted colors.

The pair weathered criticism for their age difference (16 years) and religious difference.

The show weathered two seasons, from April 2005 to March 2006.

While you can always use recycled lumber from old barns or pallets, you'll have to replace it faster since the wood is already weathered.

Vinyl siding even comes in wood-like colors such as weathered gray, pine and cedar.

It has a weathered texture making it soft and comfortable.