Weigh meaning
To weigh is to determine how heavy something is or how much mass it has.
An example of weigh is when you put something on a scale.
verb
To have consequence or importance.
The decision weighed heavily against us.
verb
To raise (anchor).
verb
To be of a specific weight.
The dog weighs nearly 50 pounds.
verb
Way. Used in the phrase under weigh.
noun
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To determine the weight of by means of a scale or balance.
verb
To have (a specified) weight [it weighs ten pounds]
verb
To lift or balance (an object) in the hand or hands, in order to estimate its heaviness or weight.
verb
To measure out, dole out, or apportion, by or as by weight.
verb
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To have significance, importance, or influence.
His word weighed heavily with the jury.
verb
To be a burden; press or bear down.
The theft weighed on my mind.
verb
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To determine the weight of an object.
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Often with "out", to measure a certain amount of something by its weight, e.g. for sale.
He weighed out two kilos of oranges for a client.
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(figuratively) To determine the intrinsic value or merit of an object, to evaluate.
You have been weighed in the balance and found wanting.
verb
To consider a subject.
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To have a certain weight.
I weigh ten and a half stone.
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(intransitive) To have weight; to be heavy; to press down.
verb
(intransitive) To be considered as important; to have weight in the intellectual balance.
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(nautical) To raise an anchor free of the seabed.
verb
(intransitive, nautical) To weigh anchor.
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To bear up; to raise; to lift into the air; to swing up.
verb
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Spenser.
All that she so dear did weigh.
verb
To raise anchor.
verb
weigh down
- To make bend downward as with added weight.
- To burden or bear down on so as to oppress or depress.
idiom
weigh in
- To weigh (a boxer, jockey, etc.) before or after a contest in order to verify declared weight.
- To be so weighed.
- To have one's baggage weighed.
- To enter and participate forcefully, as in a discussion or debate.
idiom
weigh in with
- To introduce or contribute (an idea or opinion) to a discussion, argument, etc.
idiom
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Idioms and Phrasal Verbs
Origin of weigh
- Middle English weien from Old English wegan wegh- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- Variant (influenced by weigh as in weigh anchor) of way
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Old English wegan, from Proto-Germanic *weganą, from Proto-Indo-European *wéǵʰe-, *weǵʰ-. Cognate with Scots wey or weich, Dutch wegen, German wiegen, wägen, Danish veje.
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