weathering Definition

weather
noun

1. The atmospheric conditions in any area at any time, with regard to sun, cloud, temperature, wind and rain, etc.

Thesaurus: climate, temperature, conditions, rainfall.

adj

1. especially naut.
On the side exposed to the wind.

verb weathered, weathering

tr & intr
1. To expose or be exposed to the effects of wind, Sun and rain, etc; to alter or be altered in colour, texture and shape, etc through such exposure.

Thesaurus: expose, harden, petrify, patinate, dry, bleach, blanch, whiten, tan, burn.
2. To come safely through (a storm or difficult situation).

Thesaurus: overcome, endure, stand up against, bear the brunt of; fall victim to.
3. naut.
To get to the windward side of (a headland, etc).
4. archit.
To set or slope (a roof or surface, etc) to keep the rain out.

Derivative: weathered
adj

Idiom: keep a weather eye open

To keep alert for developments.

Idiom: make heavy weather of something

To make its progress unnecessarily slow and difficult.

Idiom: under the weather

colloq
Not in good health; slightly unwell.
Thesaurus: sick, ailing, ill, indisposed.

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon weder.

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weathering
noun

1. geol.
The physical disintegration and chemical decomposition of rocks on or just beneath the Earth's surface, with little or no transport of the altered rock material, which occurs as a result of exposure to wind, rain, humidity, extremes of temperature (eg frost), atmospheric oxygen, etc.