Weigh definition
(nautical) To raise (anchor).
verb
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
Way. Used in the phrase under weigh.
noun
To measure or apportion (a certain quantity) by weight. Often used with out:
Weighed out a pound of cheese.
verb
To choose carefully or deliberately.
Weigh one's words.
verb
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To be of a specific weight.
The dog weighs nearly 50 pounds.
verb
To have consequence or importance.
The decision weighed heavily against us.
verb
(nautical) To raise anchor.
verb
To cause to bend heavily by added weight. Used with on or upon:
A coating of ice that weighed on the slender branches.
verb
To be burdensome or oppressive. Used with on or upon:
These concerns have been weighing on us for weeks.
verb
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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 consider and choose carefully.
To weigh one's words.
verb
To balance or ponder in the mind; consider in order to make a choice.
To weigh one plan against another.
verb
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.
verb
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.
verb
(figuratively) To determine the intrinsic value or merit of an object, to evaluate.
You have been weighed in the balance and found wanting.
verb
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To consider a subject.
verb
To have a certain weight.
I weigh ten and a half stone.
verb
(intransitive) To have weight; to be heavy; to press down.
verb
(intransitive) To be considered as important; to have weight in the intellectual balance.
verb
(nautical) To raise an anchor free of the seabed.
verb
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(intransitive, nautical) To weigh anchor.
verb
To bear up; to raise; to lift into the air; to swing up.
verb
Spenser.
All that she so dear did weigh.
verb
To determine the weight of, as with a scale.
Weighed the tomatoes before buying them.
verb
To balance in the mind in order to make a choice; ponder or evaluate.
Weighed the alternatives and decided to stay.
verb
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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
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.
From Wiktionary