Meanings:
verb
Definition: To expose to the weather, or show the effects of such exposure, or to withstand such effects.
Definition: (by extension) To sustain the trying effect of; to bear up against and overcome; to endure; to resist.
Definition: To break down, of rocks and other materials, under the effects of exposure to rain, sunlight, temperature, and air.
Definition: To pass to windward in a vessel, especially to beat ’round.
Example: to weather a cape; to weather another ship
Definition: To endure or survive an event or action without undue damage.
Example: Joshua weathered a collision with a freighter near South Africa.
Definition: To place (a hawk) unhooded in the open air.
noun
Definition: Weather, especially favourable or fair weather.
Definition: Mechanical or chemical breaking down of rocks in situ by weather or other causes.
Definition: A slight inclination given to an approximately horizontal surface to enable it to throw off water.