Weigh definition
An example of weigh is when you put something on a scale.
Weighed out a pound of cheese.
Weigh one's words.
The dog weighs nearly 50 pounds.
The decision weighed heavily against us.
A coating of ice that weighed on the slender branches.
These concerns have been weighing on us for weeks.
To weigh one's words.
To weigh one plan against another.
His word weighed heavily with the jury.
The theft weighed on my mind.
He weighed out two kilos of oranges for a client.
You have been weighed in the balance and found wanting.
I weigh ten and a half stone.
All that she so dear did weigh.
Weighed the tomatoes before buying them.
Weighed the alternatives and decided to stay.
- to make bend downward as with added weight
- to burden or bear down on so as to oppress or depress
- 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
- to introduce or contribute (an idea or opinion) to a discussion, argument, etc.
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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