weathering Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb face and withstand with courage
    brave out; weather; brave; endure.
    • She braved the elements
  2. verb cause to slope
    weather.
  3. verb sail to the windward of
    weather.
  4. verb change under the action or influence of the weather
    weather.
    • A weathered old hut

WordNet


Weath"er*ing noun
Definitions
  1. (Geol.) The action of the elements on a rock in altering its color, texture, or composition, or in rounding off its edges.

Webster 1913