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Definition of 'weigh' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (v.t.) weigh
to determine or ascertain the force that gravitation exerts upon (a person or thing) by use of a balance, scale, or other mechanical device.

2.  weigh
to measure or apportion (a certain quantity of something) according to weight (usu. fol. by out):
weighed out five pounds of sugar.

3.  weigh
to make heavy; increase the weight or bulk of; weight.

4.  weigh
to evaluate in the mind; consider carefully in order to reach an opinion, decision, or choice:
Let's weigh the facts.

5. (v.i.) weigh
to have weight or a specified amount of weight:
to weigh less; to weigh a ton.

6.  weigh
to have importance, moment, or consequence.

7.  weigh
to bear down as a weight or burden (usu. fol. by on or upon):
Responsibility weighed upon her.

8.  weigh
to consider carefully or judicially:
to weigh well before deciding.

9.  weigh
weigh down,

10.  weigh
to cause to become bowed under a weight.

11.  weigh
to lower the spirits of; burden; depress.

12.  weigh
weigh in,

13.  weigh
(of a boxer or wrestler) to be weighed by a medical examiner on the day of a bout.

14.  weigh
(of a jockey) to be weighed with the saddle and weights after a race.

15.  weigh
to be of the weight determined by such a weighing.

16.  weigh
weigh out, (of a jockey)

17.  weigh
to be weighed with the saddle and weights before a race.

18.  weigh
to be of the weight determined by such a weighing.

19.  weigh
weigh anchor, to heave up a ship's anchor in preparation for getting under way.

Etymology:  (bef. 900; ME weghen, OE wegan to carry, weigh, c. OS, OHG wegan to move, weigh, ON vega to move, Go gawigan to move, shake; akin to way1, wain)

Definition of 'weigh' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) weigh
have a certain weight

2. (verb) consider, count, weigh
show consideration for; take into account
"You must consider her age"; "The judge considered the offender's youth and was lenient"

3. (verb) weigh, librate
determine the weight of
"The butcher weighed the chicken"

4. (verb) count, matter, weigh
have weight; have import, carry weight
"It does not matter much"

5. (verb) weigh, press
to be oppressive or burdensome
"weigh heavily on the mind", "Something pressed on his mind"


Definition of 'weigh' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (verb) weigh
to have a particular weight
The box weighs 19 pounds.; How much do you weigh?

2.  weigh
to measure how heavy sb or sth is
The doctor weighed the baby.

3.  weigh
to think carefully before deciding
He weighed all the options before choosing this one.


Definition of 'weigh' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) weigh
a corruption of Way, used only in the phrase under weigh

2. (noun) weigh
a certain quantity estimated by weight; an English measure of weight. See Wey

3. (verb) weigh
to bear up; to raise; to lift into the air; to swing up; as, to weigh anchor

4. (verb) weigh
to examine by the balance; to ascertain the weight of, that is, the force with which a thing tends to the center of the earth; to determine the heaviness, or quantity of matter of; as, to weigh sugar; to weigh gold

5. (verb) weigh
to be equivalent to in weight; to counterbalance; to have the heaviness of

6. (verb) weigh
to pay, allot, take, or give by weight

7. (verb) weigh
to examine or test as if by the balance; to ponder in the mind; to consider or examine for the purpose of forming an opinion or coming to a conclusion; to estimate deliberately and maturely; to balance

8. (verb) weigh
to consider as worthy of notice; to regard

9. (verb) weigh
to have weight; to be heavy

10. (verb) weigh
to be considered as important; to have weight in the intellectual balance

11. (verb) weigh
to bear heavily; to press hard

12. (verb) weigh
to judge; to estimate


Translation of 'weigh' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to find the heaviness of (something) by placing it on a scale
He weighed himself on the bathroom scales; You must have your luggage weighed at the airport.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: weeg Arabic flag Arabic: يَزِن Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: претеглям
Brazilian flag Brazilian: pesar(-se) Czech flag Czech: vážit (se) German flag German: wiegen
Danish flag Danish: veje; få vejet Greek flag Greek: ζυγίζω Spanish flag Spanish: pesar(se)
Estonian flag Estonian: kaaluma Farsi flag Farsi: وزن كردن Finnish flag Finnish: punnita
French flag French: (se) peser Hebrew flag Hebrew: לִשקוֹל Hindi flag Hindi: वजन करना
Croatian flag Croatian: težiti Hungarian flag Hungarian: (meg)mér Indonesian flag Indonesian: menimbang
Icelandic flag Icelandic: vega, vigta Italian flag Italian: pesare, pesarsi Japanese flag Japanese: 重さを量る
Korean flag Korean: 무게를 달다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: (pa)sverti Latvian flag Latvian: []svērt
Malay flag Malay: menimbang Dutch flag Dutch: wegen Norwegian flag Norwegian: veie, få veid
Polish flag Polish: ważyć Persian flag Persian: وزن كردن Pashto flag Pashto: بارول ، درنول
Portuguese flag Portuguese: pesar(-se) Romanian flag Romanian: a (se) cân­tări Russian flag Russian: взвешивать
Slovak flag Slovak: vážiť (sa) Slovenian flag Slovenian: tehtati (se) Serbian flag Serbian: izmeriti
Swedish flag Swedish: väga Thai flag Thai: วัดน้ำหนัก Turkish flag Turkish: tartmak
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 秤重 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: зважувати Urdu flag Urdu: کسی چیز کا وزن معلوم کرنا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: cân Chinese flag Chinese: 称重

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