weather
UK /ˈwɛðə/US /ˈwɛðɚ/
noun6
verb8
adjective1
forms
weathered · weathering · weathers
Phrases with weather
- all-weather friendOne who is friendly, helpful, or available at all times regardless of the circumstances.
- fair-weather fanA fan who only pays attention to their favorite team when they are performing well.
- fair-weather friendOne who is friendly, helpful, or available only when it is advantageous or convenient to be so.
- keep a weather eye opento maintain a background awareness of something; to remain alert to changes without it occupying one's full attention.
- make heavy weatherTo make progress only with difficulty.
- make the weatherTo be extraordinarily effective, especially when in a position of authority.
- stormy weatherUsed to describe a period of troubles and difficulties, especially in terms of relationships.
- talk about the weatherTo chit-chat; to shoot the breeze.
- under the weatherill or gloomy, especially from a cold or flu.
- weather outTo endure all the way; to hold out against till the end.
- weather the stormTo reach the end of a very difficult situation without too much harm or damage.