weatheringnoun [ U ]
/ˈweð.ər.ɪŋ/us/ˈweð.ɚ.ɪŋ/changes to the colour or form of something over a period of time because of the effects of sun, wind, or other weather conditions:
The fence had gone from brown to a soft grey through years of weathering.
specialized geology the processes by which rock is broken into smaller pieces by the action of the weather:
Weathering has seriously eroded the caves.
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