Thesaurus

(adj) : of, or relating to weather; windward

(n) : the state of the atmosphere, mainly with respect to its effects upon life and human activities. As distinguished from climate, weather consists of the short-term (minutes to months) variations of the atmosphere. Popularly, weather is thought of in terms of temperature, humidity, precipitation, cloudiness, brightness, visibility, and wind; the short term state of the atmosphere at a specific time and place, including the temperature, humidity, cloud coverage and fall of precipitation, wind, etc

(v) : to expose to the weather, or show the effects of such exposure, or to withstand such effects; to pass to windward in a vessel, especially to beat 'round