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weigh
1[ wey ]
verb (used with object)
- to determine or ascertain the force that gravitation exerts upon (a person or thing) by use of a balance, scale, or other mechanical device:
to weigh oneself; to weigh potatoes; to weigh gases.
- to hold up or balance, as in the hand, in order to estimate the weight.
- to measure, separate, or apportion (a certain quantity of something) according to weight (usually followed by out ):
to weigh out five pounds of sugar.
- to make heavy; increase the weight or bulk of; weight:
We weighed the drapes to make them hang properly.
- to evaluate in the mind; consider carefully in order to reach an opinion, decision, or choice:
to weigh the facts; to weigh a proposal.
Synonyms: ,
- Archaic. to raise, lift, or hoist (something).
- Obsolete. to think important; esteem.
verb (used without object)
- to have weight or a specified amount of weight:
to weigh less; to weigh a ton.
- to have importance, moment, or consequence:
Your recommendation weighs heavily in his favor.
- to bear down as a weight or burden (usually followed by on or upon ):
Responsibility weighed upon her.
- to consider carefully or judicially:
to weigh well before deciding.
- (of a ship) to raise the anchor and get under way:
The ship weighed early and escaped in the fog.
verb phrase
- to cause to become bowed under a weight:
snow and ice weighing down the trees.
- (of a boxer or wrestler) to be weighed by a medical examiner on the day of a bout.
- to be of the weight determined by such a weighing:
He weighed in at 170 pounds.
- (of a jockey) to be weighed with the saddle and weights after a race.
- Informal. to offer an opinion, advice, support, etc., especially in a forceful or authoritative way:
The chairman weighed in with an idea for the fundraiser.
- Horse Racing. (of a jockey)
- to be weighed with the saddle and weights before a race.
- to be of the weight determined by such a weighing.
weigh
2[ wey ]
weigh
1/ ɱɪ /
verb
- tr to measure the weight of
- intr to have weight or be heavy
she weighs more than her sister
- troften foll byout to apportion according to weight
- tr to consider carefully
to weigh the facts of a case
- intr to be influential
his words weighed little with the jury
- introften foll byon to be oppressive or burdensome (to)
- obsolete.to regard or esteem
- weigh anchorto raise a vessel's anchor or (of a vessel) to have its anchor raised preparatory to departure
weigh
2/ ɱɪ /
noun
- under weigha variant spelling of under way
Derived Forms
- ˈɱ, noun
- ˈɱ, adjective
Other Word Forms
- ɱa· adjective
- ɱİ noun
- un·ɱa· adjective
- ܲ·ɱiԲ adjective
- ɱ-ɱ adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of weigh1
Word History and Origins
Origin of weigh1
Origin of weigh2
Idioms and Phrases
- under weigh, Nautical. in motion; under way.
- weigh anchor, Nautical. to heave up a ship's anchor in preparation for getting under way.
- weigh one's words. word ( def 30 ).
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Both fighters will weigh in on Friday and are prohibited from adding more than 10lbs by a second weigh-in on Saturday morning.
"India will need to weigh the political and tactical advantages of retaliation with the risk of a serious crisis or conflict."
Trump's tariffs on China also weighed heavily on Tesla, the company indicated.
“He normally weighs in on a lot of things. Now, everybody had to step up, but everybody knew their job from the from the season before.”
Some of them are: Nephrologist Sofia Ahmed, a teacher at the University of Alberta in Canada, noted that male kidneys are larger and weigh more than female kidneys.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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