wether vs weather vs whether
Definitions
noun
- male sheep especially a castrated one
Examples
Though he has been on scholarship for the past two seasons, Mr. Merriewether, who wasn't recruited, says he's offended by the term walk-on and has done everything he can to welcome the nonscholarship players into the team's rituals.
Sanitation work of the entire region into bellwether.
For decades the company was the bellwether of the British economy.
Definitions
verb
- face and withstand with courage
- sail to the windward of
- cause to slope
- change under the action or influence of the weather
adjective
- towards the side exposed to wind
noun
- the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation
Examples
If the indoor tables don't satisfy you, and if the weather is right, do ask for a table on the terrace.
The blame for this month's wet weather lies with the jet stream winds a few miles high.
A few billion of that new economic rescue plan will go to weatherize one million homes a year.
