weighable
Variant of weigh
transitive verb
- to determine the weight of by means of a scale or balance
- to have (a specified) weight [it weighs ten pounds]: orig. construed as a vi. and still so construed when used with an adverb
- weight ()
- to lift or balance (an object) in the hand or hands, in order to estimate its heaviness or weight
- to measure out, dole out, or apportion, by or as by weight: often with out
- to consider and choose carefully: to weigh one's words
- to balance or ponder in the mind; consider in order to make a choice: to weigh one plan against another
- Naut. weigh anchor under anchor
intransitive verb
- to have significance, importance, or influence: his word weighed heavily with the jury
- to be a burden; press or bear down: with on or upon: the theft weighed on my mind
- Naut. weigh anchor (see phrase under anchor)
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