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weather-beaten

[ weth-er-beet-n ]

adjective

  1. bearing evidences of wear or damage as a result of exposure to the weather.
  2. tanned, hardened, or otherwise affected by exposure to weather:

    a weather-beaten face.



weather-beaten

adjective

  1. showing signs of exposure to the weather
  2. tanned or hardened by exposure to the weather
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of weather-beaten1

First recorded in 1520–30
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He hesitated before pointing across the courtroom to a man with a weather-beaten face.

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“I signed my Island deal on this organ here for good luck,†Crockett says, running his fingers along a weather-beaten keyboard.

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After being displaced from their homeland, Silvia and her mother move into the Morningside, a weather-beaten luxury apartment building in “Island City,†a sinking version of New York in the middle of all-out climate collapse.

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And ramshackle houses and fences hide behind thickets of weather-beaten manzanita and chapparal.

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There was still a “For Sale†sign posted on a weather-beaten and leafless tree that resembled a scarecrow warning people to stay away.

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