weathered

[ weth-erd ]

adjective

1. seasoned or otherwise affected by exposure to the weather.
2. (of wood) artificially treated to seem discolored or stained by the action of air, rain, etc.
3. (of rocks) worn, disintegrated, or changed in color or composition by weathering. weathering.
4. Architecture. made sloping or inclined, as a window sill, to prevent the lodgment of water.

weathered

/ ˈwɛðəd /

adjective

1. affected by exposure to the action of the weather
2. (of rocks and rock formations) eroded, decomposed, or otherwise altered by the action of water, wind, frost, heat, etc
3. (of a sill, roof, etc) having a sloped surface so as to allow rainwater to run off
4. (of wood) artificially stained so as to appear weather-beaten

   weathered garden furniture

Other Words From

• un·weathered adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of weathered¹

First recorded in 1780–90; weather + -ed ²

Example Sentences

Continental crust is vital in most of Earth’s natural cycles—it interacts with water and oxygen, forming new weathered products, hosting most metals and biological carbon.

From Singularity Hub 

It’s the weathered plastic that appears to pose a concern, he concludes.

From Science News For Students

The first weathered type had a negative electrical charge on its surface.

From Science News For Students

Across the train tracks between the river and the house, visitors will see the weathered bus that appears in the movie.

From Washington Post

The surfaces appear battered and weathered, and buttons, fringes and bits of cloth are sewn into the compositions.

From Washington Post

So Good Wife fans have already weathered Josh Charles leaving.

From The Daily Beast

It was a look which suited Kate much better and weathered the summery temperatures more effortlessly.

From The Daily Beast

Perfume bottles and weathered papyrus replicas gather dust in the grubby window displays of the empty shops.

From The Daily Beast

Forklifts shuffle weathered pallets of gear lining the airfield in a super-sized game of Tetris.

From The Daily Beast

It's a ghost town now, just a handful of weathered wooden buildings sagging beneath snow.

From The Daily Beast

It was on the ground floor of the building, with a separate entrance, and a weathered name-plate on the door.

From Project Gutenberg

In the port lay fleets of great ships which had weathered the storms of the Euxine and the Atlantic.

From Project Gutenberg

She had been painted green, but the colour was faded and weathered, and the paint peeling off in strips.

From Project Gutenberg

The panic of 1857 had made sad havoc with the book trade generally, and those firms which weathered the storm were sorely pressed.

From Project Gutenberg

I believe we might have weathered them had we really made a serious effort to do so, but there was no need.

From Project Gutenberg

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