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noun
- A region of land within which water flows down into a specified body, such as a river, lake, sea, or ocean; a drainage basin or catchment basin.
- The topographical boundary dividing two adjacent catchment basins.
- A critical point marking a change in course or development.
- (Canada, UK) The time after which material of more adult nature (violence, swear words, sex) may be broadcast on television or radio.
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noun
- 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.
- unpleasant or destructive atmospheric conditions, and its effects.
verb
- To expose to the weather, or show the effects of such exposure, or to withstand such effects.
- (nautical) To pass to windward in a vessel, especially to beat 'round.
- (nautical) To endure or survive an event or action without undue damage.
- Joshua weathered a collision with a freighter near South Africa.
adjective
- of, or relating to weather
- (nautical) windward
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noun - (geology) mechanical or chemical erosion of rocks due to weather.
verb
- (present participle of, weather)
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noun
- The silken structure a spider builds using silk secreted from the spinnerets at the caudal tip of its abdomen; a spiderweb.
- The sunlight glistened in the dew on the .
- Any interconnected set of persons, places, or things, which when diagrammed resembles a spider's web.
- Specifically, the w:World Wide Web, World Wide Web (also spelled Web).
- Let me search the for that.
- (baseball) The part of a baseball mitt between the forefinger and thumb, the webbing.
- He caught the ball in the .
- A latticed or woven structure.
- The gazebo's roof was a made of thin strips of wood.
- The interconnection between flanges in structural members, increasing the effective lever arm and so the load capacity of the member.
- A fold of tissue connecting the toes of certain birds.
- A duck paddles with its webbed feet.
- (context, manufacturing) A continuous strip of material carried by rollers during processing.
- (context, lithography) A long sheet of paper which is fed from a roll into a printing press, as opposed to individual sheets of paper.
verb (web, b, ed)
- (intransitive) to construct or form a web
- (transitive) to cover with a web or network
- (transitive) to ensnare or entangle
- (transitive) to provide with a web
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noun
- An appendage of an animal's (bird, bat, insect) body that enables it to fly.
- (context, slang) Human arm.
- Part of an airplane that produces the lift for rising into the air.
- Part of a building, an extension from the main building
- Part of a huge room. (rfv-sense, Is this right? Could not find any proof. Hekaheka Jul 4, 2007)
- A fraction of a political movement. Usually implies a position apart from the mainstream center position.
- A military air unit, smaller than a division but larger than a group or squadron.
- A panel of a car which encloses the wheel area, especially the front wheels.
- (context, nautical) A platform on either side of the bridge of a vessel, normally found in pairs.
- (context, hockey, football, icehockey) A position in several field games on either side of the field.
verb
- (transitive) To injure slightly (as with a gunshot), especially in the arm.
- (intransitive) To fly.
- (intransitive) wing it: To act or speak extemporaneously; to improvise.
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