Definitions for weigh
weɪweigh

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. weighverb

   have a certain weight

2. consider, count, weighverb

   show consideration for; take into account

   "You must consider her age"; "The judge considered the offender's youth and was lenient"

3. weigh, librateverb

   determine the weight of

   "The butcher weighed the chicken"

4. count, matter, weighverb

   have weight; have import, carry weight

   "It does not matter much"

5. weigh, pressverb

   to be oppressive or burdensome

   "weigh heavily on the mind", "Something pressed on his mind"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. weighverb

   To determine the weight of an object.

   Etymology: wegan, from Germanic. Cognate with Scots wey or weich, Dutch wegen, German wiegen.

2. weighverb

   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.

   Etymology: wegan, from Germanic. Cognate with Scots wey or weich, Dutch wegen, German wiegen.

3. weighverb

   To determine the intrinsic value or merit of an object, to evaluate.

   You have been weighed in the balance and found wanting.

   Etymology: wegan, from Germanic. Cognate with Scots wey or weich, Dutch wegen, German wiegen.

4. weighverb

   To consider a subject.

   Etymology: wegan, from Germanic. Cognate with Scots wey or weich, Dutch wegen, German wiegen.

5. weighverb

   To have a certain weight.

   I weigh ten and a half stone.

   Etymology: wegan, from Germanic. Cognate with Scots wey or weich, Dutch wegen, German wiegen.

6. weighverb

   To raise an anchor free of the seabed.

   Etymology: wegan, from Germanic. Cognate with Scots wey or weich, Dutch wegen, German wiegen.

7. weighverb

   To weigh anchor.

   Etymology: wegan, from Germanic. Cognate with Scots wey or weich, Dutch wegen, German wiegen.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Weighnoun

   a corruption of Way, used only in the phrase under weigh

   Etymology: [See Wey.]

2. Weighverb

   to bear up; to raise; to lift into the air; to swing up; as, to weigh anchor

   Etymology: [See Wey.]

3. Weighverb

   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

   Etymology: [See Wey.]

4. Weighverb

   to be equivalent to in weight; to counterbalance; to have the heaviness of

   Etymology: [See Wey.]

5. Weighverb

   to pay, allot, take, or give by weight

   Etymology: [See Wey.]

6. Weighverb

   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

   Etymology: [See Wey.]

7. Weighverb

   to consider as worthy of notice; to regard

   Etymology: [See Wey.]

8. Weighverb

   to have weight; to be heavy

   Etymology: [See Wey.]

9. Weighverb

   to be considered as important; to have weight in the intellectual balance

   Etymology: [See Wey.]

10. Weighverb

    to bear heavily; to press hard

    Etymology: [See Wey.]

11. Weighverb

    to judge; to estimate

    Etymology: [See Wey.]

12. Weighnoun

    a certain quantity estimated by weight; an English measure of weight. See Wey

    Etymology: [See Wey.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Weigh

   wā, n. a very common misspelling of way in the phrase 'Under way,' through confusion with the phrase 'To weigh anchor.'

Matched Categories

1. • Be
   • Measure

British National Corpus

1. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'weigh' in Verbs Frequency: #649

How to pronounce weigh?

1. Alex

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of weigh in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of weigh in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of weigh in a Sentence

1. Clifford Villalon:

   Applaud yourself when you do good each day. You don't get rewarded for every single penny that you share for others, but these pennies when collected can weigh more than the actual weight of 2.5 billion people.

2. Jerry Coleman:

   The new Haitian baseball can't weigh more than four ounces or less than five.

3. Chuck Grassley:

   The next Supreme Court justice could dramatically change the direction of the court, the majority of this body believes the American people shouldn't be denied the opportunity to weigh in on this question.

4. Clifford V. Villalon:

   Philosophy is inexistent without reason. Weigh things as they are.

5. Anthony Joshua:

   I feel good. The weigh-in is important but as heavyweights it don't really matter... skills pay the bills, he's a big lad, they should make a super-heavyweight division.

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