Weather

n.	1.
	1.	The state of the air or atmosphere with respect to heat or cold, wetness or dryness, calm or storm, clearness or cloudiness, or any other meteorological phenomena; meteorological condition of the atmosphere; as, warm weather; cold weather; wet weather; dry weather, etc. Not amiss to cool a man's stomach this hot weather. - Shak. Fair weather cometh out of the north. - Job xxxvii. 22.
	2.	Vicissitude of season; meteorological change; alternation of the state of the air.
	3.	Storm; tempest. What gusts of weather from that gathering cloud My thoughts presage! - Dryden.
	4.	A light rain; a shower. Stress of weather violent winds; force of tempests. To make fair weather to flatter; to give flattering representations. To make good weather (Naut.) to endure a gale well or ill; - said of a vessel. Under the weather ill; also, financially embarrassed. - Shak. Weather box Same as Weather house, below. - Bartlett. Weather breeder a fine day which is supposed to presage foul weather. - Thackeray. Weather bureau a popular name for the signal service. See Signal service, under Signal, a. Weather cloth (Naut.) a long piece of canvas of tarpaulin used to preserve the hammocks from injury by the weather when stowed in the nettings. Weather door (Mining) See Trapdoor, 2. Weather gall Same as Water gall, 2. Weather house a mechanical contrivance in the form of a house, which indicates changes in atmospheric conditions by the appearance or retirement of toy images. - Halliwell. Peace to the artist whose ingenious thought Devised the weather house, that useful toy! - Cowper.
v. t.	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. 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.
v. i.	1.	To undergo or endure the action of the atmosphere; to suffer meteorological influences; sometimes, to wear away, or alter, under atmospheric influences; to suffer waste by weather. The organisms . . . seem indestructible, while the hard matrix in which they are imbedded has weathered from around them. - H. Miller.
a.	1.	(Naut.) Being toward the wind, or windward - opposed to lee; as, weather bow, weather braces, weather gauge, weather lifts, weather quarter, weather shrouds, etc. Weather gauge 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.

Noun	1.	weather - the meteorological conditions: temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation; "they were hoping for good weather"; "every day we have weather conditions and yesterday was no exception" Synonyms: atmospheric condition, weather condition
Verb	1.	weather - face or endure with courage; "She braved the elements" Synonyms: brave, brave out, endure
	2.	weather - cause to slope
	3.	weather - sail to the windward of
	4.	weather - change under the action or influence of the weather; "A weathered old hut"
Adj.	1.	weather - towards the side exposed to wind Synonyms: upwind

To dream about the weather, signifies your emotional state of mind. Stormy or windy weather implies conflict and aggression. Rain and hail represents depression and sadness. And rainbows and sunshine signifies hope and happiness. To dream that you are reading the weather report, foretells that you will move from your current resident.ablate, abrade, be safe, be unflappable, beat the game, beat the system, bring to, calm weather, climate, clime, cold weather, come through, come up fighting, come up smiling, erode, fair weather, flanking, forces of nature, fray, frazzle, fret, get home free, glancing, good weather, halcyon days, haul, haul off, haul the wind, haul to, haul up, head to windward, heave to, hold fast, hold out, hold up, hot weather, keep safe, lateral, lee, leeward, live through, macroclimate, make heavy weather, microclimate, next-beside, not budge, outride, persevere, rainy weather, remain firm, ride, ride it out, ride out, rub off, sail to windward, side, sideling, sidelong, sideward, sidewards, sideway, sideways, sidewise, skirting, stand fast, stand firm, stand pat, stay put, stick it out, stormy weather, tatter, the elements, tide over, triumph, uphelm, wear, wear away, wear down, wear off, wear out, wear ragged, weather deck, weather helm, weather out, weather sheet, weather side, weather tack, weather the storm, weather wheel, weatherboard, win out, win through, windiness, windward, windward ebb, windward flood

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