weather

weather
n.

1) to forecast, predict the weather

2) (good) beautiful; clear, fair; dry; fine, good, nice, pleasant; mild; seasonable weather

3) (bad) atrocious, bad, beastly, bleak, foul, gloomy, inclement; threatening; ugly weather

4) (rainy) cloudy, overcast; foggy; rainy; unsettled; wet weather

5) (warm) hot; humid, muggy; sultry; sweltering; tropical; warm weather

6) (cold) cold; cool; freezing; polar; windy; wintry weather

7) the weather clears up

8) weather sets in (bad weather set in)

9) in weather (restaurants lose customers in bad weather)

* * *
['weðə]
beastly
bleak
clear
fair: dry: fine
foggy: rainy
freezing
humid
inclement
mild
muggy
overcast
polar: windy
predict the weather
seasonable weather
sultry
sweltering
threatening
tropical
ugly weather
unsettled
warm weather
wet weather
wintry weather
(bad) atrocious
(cold) cold: cool
(good) beautiful
(rainy) cloudy
(warm) hot
the weather clears up
to forecast
weather sets in (bad weather set in)
in weather (restaurants lose customers in bad weather)

Combinatory dictionary. 2013.

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