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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Weather \Weath"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Weathered; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Weathering.]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. To expose to the air; to air; to season by exposure to
        air.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              [An eagle] soaring through his wide empire of the
              air
              To weather his broad sails.           --Spenser.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              This gear lacks weathering.           --Latimer.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Hence, to sustain the trying effect of; to bear up against
        and overcome; to sustain; to endure; to resist; as, to
        weather the storm.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              For I can weather the roughest gale.  --Longfellow.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              You will weather the difficulties yet. --F. W.
                                                    Robertson.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. (Naut.) To sail or pass to the windward of; as, to weather
        a cape; to weather another ship.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. (Falconry) To place (a hawk) unhooded in the open air.
        --Encyc. Brit.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     To weather a point.
        (a) (Naut.) To pass a point of land, leaving it on the lee
            side.
        (b) Hence, to gain or accomplish anything against
            opposition.
  
     To weather out, to encounter successfully, though with
        difficulty; as, to weather out a storm.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Weathering \Weath"er*ing\, n. (Geol.)
     The action of the elements on a rock in altering its color,
     texture, or composition, or in rounding off its edges.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Weather \Weath"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Weathered; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Weathering.]
     1. To expose to the air; to air; to season by exposure to
        air.
  
              [An eagle] soaring through his wide empire of the
              air To weather his broad sails.       --Spenser.
  
              This gear lacks weathering.           --Latimer.
  
     2. Hence, to sustain the trying effect of; to bear up against
        and overcome; to sustain; to endure; to resist; as, to
        weather the storm.
  
              For I can weather the roughest gale.  --Longfellow.
  
              You will weather the difficulties yet. --F. W.
                                                    Robertson.
  
     3. (Naut.) To sail or pass to the windward of; as, to weather
        a cape; to weather another ship.
  
     4. (Falconry) To place (a hawk) unhooded in the open air.
        --Encyc. Brit.
  
     To weather a point.
        (a) (Naut.) To pass a point of land, leaving it on the lee
            side.
        (b) Hence, to gain or accomplish anything against
            opposition.
  
     To weather out, to encounter successfully, though with
        difficulty; as, to weather out a storm.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


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

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  weathering
     n.
     1 (lb en obsolete) weather, especially favourable or fair weather.
     2 (lb en geology) mechanical or chemical break down of rocks in situ
  by weather or other causes.
     3 (lb en architecture) A slight inclination given to an approximately
  horizontal surface to enable it to throw off water.
     4 The action of weather on objects exposed to it.
     vb.
     (present participle of en weather nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  weathering
     n.
     1 (lb en obsolete) weather, especially favourable or fair weather.
     2 (lb en geology) mechanical or chemical break down of rocks in situ
  by weather or other causes.
     3 (lb en architecture) A slight inclination given to an approximately
  horizontal surface to enable it to throw off water.
     4 The action of weather on objects exposed to it.
     vb.
     (present participle of en weather nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  weathering
     n.
     1 (lb en obsolete) weather, especially favourable or fair weather.
     2 (lb en geology) mechanical or chemical break down of rocks in situ
  by weather or other causes.
     3 (lb en architecture) A slight inclination given to an approximately
  horizontal surface to enable it to throw off water.
     4 The action of weather on objects exposed to it.
     vb.
     (present participle of en weather nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  weathering
     n.
     1 (lb en obsolete) weather, especially favourable or fair weather.
     2 (lb en geology) mechanical or chemical break down of rocks in situ
  by weather or other causes.
     3 (lb en architecture) A slight inclination given to an approximately
  horizontal surface to enable it to throw off water.
     4 The action of weather on objects exposed to it.
     vb.
     (present participle of en weather nocat=1)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  weathering
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm   weather ing)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  weathering
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en weather ordform=prespart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb weather)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Weathering /wˈɛðəɹɪŋ/
  التجاوز

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  weathering /wˈɛðəɹɪŋ/ 
  ерозия
  breaking down of rocks

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  weathering /wˈɛðəɹɪŋ/ 
  větrání

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  weathering /wˈɛðəɹɪŋ/ 
  zvětrání

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  weathering /wˈɛðəɹɪŋ/ 
  zvětrávání