weath·er /ˈwɛðər/ Show Spelled[weth-er] Show IPA
–noun
1. the state of the atmosphere with respect to wind, temperature, cloudiness, moisture, pressure, etc.
2. a strong wind or storm or strong winds and storms collectively: We've had some real weather this spring.
3. a weathercast: The radio announcer will read the weather right after the commercial.
4. Usually, weathers. changes or vicissitudes in one's lot or fortunes: She remained a good friend in all weathers.
–verb (used with object)
5. to expose to the weather; dry, season, or otherwise affect by exposure to the air or atmosphere: to weather lumber before marketing it.
6. to discolor, disintegrate, or affect injuriously, as by the effects of weather: These crumbling stones have been weathered by the centuries.
7. to bear up against and come safely through (a storm, danger, trouble, etc.): to weather a severe illness.
8. Nautical . (of a ship, mariner, etc.) to pass or sail to the windward of: to weather a cape.
9. Architecture . to cause to slope, so as to shed water.
–verb (used without object)
10. to undergo change, esp. discoloration or disintegration, as the result of exposure to atmospheric conditions.
11. to endure or resist exposure to the weather: a coat that weathers well.
12. to go or come safely through a storm, danger, trouble, etc. (usually fol. by through ): It was a difficult time for her, but she weathered through beautifully.
—Idiom
13. under the weather, Informal .
a. somewhat indisposed; ailing; ill.
b. suffering from a hangover.
c. more or less drunk: Many fatal accidents are caused by drivers who are under the weather.
—Can be confused: weather, whether, whither, wither (see synonym note at wither).
wheth·er /ˈʰwɛðər, ˈwɛð-/ Show Spelled[hweth-er, weth-] Show IPA
–conjunction
1. (used to introduce the first of two or more alternatives, and sometimes repeated before the second or later alternative, usually with the correlative or ): It matters little whether we go or stay. Whether we go or whether we stay, the result is the same.
2. (used to introduce a single alternative, the other being implied or understood, or some clause or element not involving alternatives): See whether or not she has come. I doubt whether we can do any better.
3. Archaic . (used to introduce a question presenting alternatives, usually with the correlative or ).
–pronoun Archaic .
4. which or whichever (of two)?
—Idiom
5. whether or no, under whatever circumstances; regardless: He threatens to go whether or no.
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