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to weatherize

to weatherize

1 5.1
Make a building stronger against bad weather by adding insulation and sealing gaps
  • verb
  • /ˈwɛðərˌaɪz/
  • Specialized
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  • The city is planning to weatherize older homes to protect them from harsh winter storms.
  • weatherize homes

Examples

  • By weatherizing the homes of the poor, strengthening flood defenses, growing forests to act as pollution sinks, and subsidizing organic farming, investment stays at home.

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  • I would say every American should just change the light bulbs and weatherize some buildings.

  • The others will be weatherized, updated, and put up for sale.

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  • Weatherizing the house is an amazing method to make it more energy efficient.

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  • He teaches college classes and works weatherizing homes.

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  • Ideas to help weatherize your home include adding insulation, sealing furnace ducts, and installing energy-efficient windows.

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  • More than 39,000 homes and 2,500 businesses have installed energy conservation measures, and more than 19,000 low-income households have been weatherized.

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  • "The Department of Energy wants to weatherize the nation's homes, but in many low-income neighborhoods, sealing in the heat also seals in triggers of asthma, lead poisoning, and high blood pressure.

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  • Many local contractors offer services to weatherize buildings by adding insulation and sealing gaps.

  • To lower energy costs, residents decided to weatherize their houses before the cold season began.

Synonyms

to weatherproof
vsto weatherize
3.5

To make something keep out rain or wind

includes adding insulation and broader protective measures beyond just sealing

Antonyms

479 3.2

Put someone in a situation where they can be harmed by something

How Protected

to weatherize
  • Specialized
1 5.1
to reinforce
99 3.9
to seal
457 2.5
to coat
105 2.8

Surface Forms

weatherize infinitive
weatherized past participle
weatherizing present participle
weatherizes third person singular

Morphology

weatherize = weather (transparent) = weather + ize

Formed by adding the productive verb-forming suffix '-ize' to 'weather', meaning 'make suitable against weather', which is directly inferable.

Etymology

Weatherize comes from the common word weather ('wind and rain') and the ending -ize ('make'), the same ending you see in modernize. So to weatherize a house is to 'make' it ready and strong against bad weather by adding insulation or sealing windows.