weigh

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weigh - English

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weigh (third-person singular simple present weighs, present participle weighing, simple past and past participle weighed)

  1. (transitive) To determine the weight of an object.
  2. (transitive) 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.
  3. (transitive, figuratively) To determine the intrinsic value or merit of an object, to evaluate.
    • You have been weighed in the balance and found wanting.
  4. (intransitive, figuratively, obsolete) To judge; to estimate.
  5. (transitive) To consider a subject.
  6. (transitive, stative) To have a certain weight.
    • I weigh ten and a half stone.
  7. (intransitive) To have weight; to be heavy; to press down.
  8. (intransitive) To be considered as important; to have weight in the intellectual balance.
  9. (transitive, nautical) To raise an anchor free of the seabed.
  10. (intransitive, nautical) To weigh anchor.
  11. To bear up; to raise; to lift into the air; to swing up.
  12. (obsolete) To consider as worthy of notice; to regard.

Usage notes

  • In commercial and everyday use, the term "weight" is usually used to mean mass, and the verb "to weigh" means "to determine the mass of" or "to have a mass of".

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