WEATHERED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does weathered mean? 

• WEATHERED (adjective)
  The adjective WEATHERED has 1 sense:

1. worn by exposure to the weather

  Familiarity information: WEATHERED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WEATHERED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Worn by exposure to the weather

Synonyms:

weather-beaten; weathered; weatherworn

Context example:

a house of weathered shingles

Similar:

worn (affected by wear; damaged by long use)

 Context examples 

She had weathered it, however, and could truly say that it had done her good.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

The results showed that because they targeted photochemically-weathered oil, the majority of dispersant applications would not have achieved minimum effectiveness levels under average wind and sunlight conditions.

(Sunlight reduces effectiveness of dispersants used to clean up oil spills, National Science Foundation)

Mrs. Ferrars too—in short it has been a scene of such complicated distress—but I will hope that the storm may be weathered without our being any of us quite overcome.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

Second, the bright areas in the swirls appear to be less weathered than their surroundings.

(NASA Research Gives New Insights into How the Moon Got 'Inked', NASA)

I sawed and chopped and chiselled the weathered wood till it had the appearance of having been gnawed by some gigantic mouse.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Saprolite, which Riebe refers to as rotten rock, is the zone of weathered rock that retains the relative positions of mineral grains of the parent bedrock and lies between the layer of soil and harder rock underneath.

(Study explores how rock expands near soil surface in Sierra Nevada, National Science Foundation)