weatherize
English
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edit- weatherise (non-Oxford British spelling)
Etymology
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editweatherize (third-person singular simple present weatherizes, present participle weatherizing, simple past and past participle weatherized)
- (US) To protect a structure against damage by the weather.
- 2024 February 27, Henry Gass, “Lights on, but trust off. Texas tries to rebuild confidence in grid.”, in The Christian Science Monitor:
- State lawmakers replaced the entire ERCOT and PUC leadership in the months after the storm; the Legislature passed a law requiring power plants to weatherize.
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editto protect against weather — see weatherproof