Definitions
1.verbTo expose to the weather, or show the effects of such exposure, or to withstand such effects.
2.verb(by extension) To sustain the trying effect of; to bear up against and overcome; to endure; to resist.
3.verbTo break down, of rocks and other materials, under the effects of exposure to rain, sunlight, temperature, and air.
4.verbTo pass to windward in a vessel, especially to beat 'round."to weather a cape; to weather another ship"
5.verbTo endure or survive an event or action without undue damage."Joshua weathered a collision with a freighter near South Africa."
6.verbTo place (a hawk) unhooded in the open air.
7.adjectiveWorn by weather, as of rocks, stone, etc.
8.adjectiveMade slightly sloping, so as to throw off water.