weather : Idioms & Phrases

• adjective satellite usable or operative or practiced in all kinds of weather
  
  • a good all-weather road
  • all-weather flying

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• noun weather unsuitable for outdoor activities
  inclemency; inclementness.
  

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• unsettled weather.

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• noun a period of unusually cold weather
  

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• noun moderate weather; suitable for outdoor activities
  temperateness; sunshine.
  

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Fair"-weath`er adjective

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1. Made or done in pleasant weather, or in circumstances involving but little exposure or sacrifice; as, a fair-weather voyage. Pope.
2. Appearing only when times or circumstances are prosperous; as, a fair-weather friend.

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• a make-believe or inexperienced sailor; the nautical equivalent of carpet knight.

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• a rainy season. Colloq. Bartlett.

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• noun protective garment that is intended to keep the wearer dry and warm in bad weather
  

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• noun weather suitable for outdoor activities
  

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• noun a period of unusually high temperatures
  

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• noun the federal agency in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that is responsible for weather forecast and preparation of weather maps
  

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• on the side of a ship which faces the wind.

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• noun unpleasantly cold and damp weather
  

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• constraint imposed by continued bad weather; as, to be driven back to port by stress of weather.
• violent winds; force of tempests.

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• to flatter; to give flattering representations. R.

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• (Naut.), to endure a gale well or ill; said of a vessel. Shak.

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• . (a) (Naut.) To pass a point of land, leaving it on the lee side. (b) Hence, to gain or accomplish anything against opposition.

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• to encounter successfully, though with difficulty; as, to weather out a storm.

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• adjective satellite somewhat ill or prone to illness
  peaked; indisposed; unwell; sickly; ailing; seedy; poorly.
  
  • my poor ailing grandmother
  • feeling a bit indisposed today
  • you look a little peaked
  • feeling poorly
  • a sickly child
  • is unwell and can't come to work

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• ill; also, financially embarrassed. Colloq. U. S. Bartlett.

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• . Same as Weather house, below. Thackeray.

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• a fine day which is supposed to presage foul weather.

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• noun an administrative unit responsible for gathering and interpreting meteorological data for weather study and forecasts
  

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• a popular name for the signal service. See Signal service, under Signal, a. U.S.

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• noun (meteorology) a map showing the principal meteorological elements at a given time and over an extended region
  weather chart.
  

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• (Naut.), a long piece of canvas of tarpaulin used to preserve the hammocks from injury by the weather when stowed in the nettings.

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• noun the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation
  atmospheric condition; weather; conditions.
  
  • they were hoping for good weather
  • every day we have weather conditions and yesterday was no exception
  • the conditions were too rainy for playing in the snow

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• noun upper deck having no overhead protection from the weather, but sheltering the deck below
  shelter deck.
  

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• . (Mining) See Trapdoor, 2.

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• noun vigilant attentiveness
  vigilance; watchfulness.
  
  • he keeps a weather eye open for trouble

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• noun a forecast of the weather
  weather forecast.
  

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• noun predicts the weather
  weatherman.
  

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• noun predicting what the weather will be
  meteorology.
  

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• . Same as Water gall, 2. Prov. Eng. Halliwell.

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• . (a) (Naut.) The position of a ship to the windward of another. (b) Fig.: A position of advantage or superiority; advantage in position.

  To veer, and tack, and steer a cause Against the weather gauge of laws. Hudibras.

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• (Naut.), a tendency on the part of a sailing vessel to come up into the wind, rendering it necessary to put the helm up, that is, toward the weather side.

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• a mechanical contrivance in the form of a house, which indicates changes in atmospheric conditions by the appearance or retirement of toy images.

  Peace to the artist whose ingenious thought Devised the weather house, that useful toy! Cowper.

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• noun (meteorology) a map showing the principal meteorological elements at a given time and over an extended region
  weather chart.
  

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• (Arch.), a canopy or cornice over a door or a window, to throw off the rain.

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• the obliquity of the sail, or the angle which it makes with its plane of revolution.

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• noun a forecast of the weather
  weather forecast.
  

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• noun radar that is able to detect clouds and precipitation
  

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• a daily report of meteorological observations, and of probable changes in the weather; esp., one published by government authority.

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• noun a satellite that transmits frequent picture of the earth below
  meteorological satellite.
  

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• noun (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind
  mainsheet; tack; sheet; shroud.
  

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• noun an oceangoing vessel equipped to make meteorological observations
  

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• (Naut.), the shore to the windward of a ship. Totten.

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• noun the side toward the wind
  weatherboard; to windward; windward side.
  

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• a stargazer; one who foretells the weather. R. Donne.

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• noun one of a network of observation posts where meteorological data is recorded
  meteorological observation post.
  

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• noun a narrow strip of material to cover the joint of a door or window to exclude the cold
  weather strip; weatherstripping; weatherstrip.
  

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• (Arch.), a strip of wood, rubber, or other material, applied to an outer door or window so as to cover the joint made by it with the sill, casings, or threshold, in order to exclude rain, snow, cold air, etc.

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• noun a narrow strip of material to cover the joint of a door or window to exclude the cold
  weather strip; weatherstripping; weatherstrip.
  

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• (Naut.), the tide which sets against the lee side of a ship, impelling her to the windward. Mar. Dict.

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• noun mechanical device attached to an elevated structure; rotates freely to show the direction of the wind
  wind vane; vane; weathervane.
  

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• adjective satellite tanned and coarsened from being outdoors
  
  • a weather-beaten face
• adjective satellite worn by exposure to the weather
  weathered; weatherworn.
  
  • a house of weathered shingles

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Weath"er-beat`en adjective

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1. Beaten or harassed by the weather; worn by exposure to the weather, especially to severe weather. Shak.

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Weath"er-bit` noun

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1. (Naut.) A turn of the cable about the end of the windlass, without the bits.

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Weath"er-bit`ten adjective

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1. Eaten into, defaced, or worn, by exposure to the weather. Coleridge.

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Weath"er-board` transitive verb

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1. (Arch.) To nail boards upon so as to lap one over another, in order to exclude rain, snow, etc. Gwilt.

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• adjective satellite delayed or shut in by bad weather
  
  • weather-bound traffic
  • irritable weather-bound children

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Weath"er-bound` adjective

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1. Kept in port or at anchor by storms; delayed by bad weather; as, a weather-bound vessel.

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Weath"er-driv`en adjective

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1. Driven by winds or storms; forced by stress of weather. Carew.

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Weath"er-fend` transitive verb

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1. To defend from the weather; to shelter. Shak.

   [We] barked the white spruce to weather-fend the roof. Emerson.

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• adjective satellite having cracks blocked with weather stripping
  

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