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weathering

noun · verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈwɛ.ðə.ɹɪŋ/
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  • CMU ARPABET: W EH1 DH ER0 IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Weather, especially favourable or fair weather.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable

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2

noun

Meaning 2

Mechanical or chemical breaking down of rocks in situ by weather or other causes.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences

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3

noun

Meaning 3

A slight inclination given to an approximately horizontal surface to enable it to throw off water.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: architecture

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4

noun

Meaning 4

The action of weather on objects exposed to it.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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5

verb

Meaning 5

present participle and gerund of weather

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present

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History

Etymology

From Middle English wederyng, equivalent to weather + -ing.

Across languages

Translations

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: ерозия (erozija) — breaking down of rocks
  • Chinese Mandarin: 風化 /风化 (fēnghuà) — breaking down of rocks
  • Danish: forvitring — breaking down of rocks
  • Dutch: verwering — breaking down of rocks
  • Finnish: rapautuminen — breaking down of rocks
  • French: météorisation — breaking down of rocks
  • German: Verwitterung — breaking down of rocks
  • Hungarian: mállás — breaking down of rocks
  • Icelandic: veðrun — breaking down of rocks
  • Indonesian: pelapukan — breaking down of rocks
  • Italian: erosione — breaking down of rocks
  • Japanese: 風化 (fūka) — breaking down of rocks
  • Māori: ngawheretanga — breaking down of rocks
  • Norwegian Bokmål: forvitring — breaking down of rocks
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: forvitring — breaking down of rocks
  • Polish: wietrzenie — breaking down of rocks
  • Portuguese: intemperismo — breaking down of rocks
  • Russian: выве́тривание (vyvétrivanije) — breaking down of rocks
  • Spanish: meteorización — breaking down of rocks
  • Swedish: vittring — breaking down of rocks
  • Tagalog: sapanhon — breaking down of rocks
  • Turkish: hava — breaking down of rocks
  • Finnish: kaato — architecture: slight inclination
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