to determine or ascertain the force that gravitation exerts upon (a person or thing) by use of a balance, scale, or other mechanical device: to weigh oneself; to weigh potatoes; to weigh gases.
2.
to hold up or balance, as in the hand, in order to estimate the weight.
3.
to measure, separate, or apportion (a certain quantity of something) according to weight (usually fol. by out): to weigh out five pounds of sugar.
4.
to make heavy; increase the weight or bulk of; weight: We weighed the drapes to make them hang properly.
5.
to evaluate in the mind; consider carefully in order to reach an opinion, decision, or choice: to weigh the facts; to weigh a proposal.
6.
Archaic. to raise, lift, or hoist (something).
7.
Obsolete. to think important; esteem.
–verb (used without object)
8.
to have weight or a specified amount of weight: to weigh less; to weigh a ton.
9.
to have importance, moment, or consequence: Your recommendation weighs heavily in his favor.
10.
to bear down as a weight or burden (usually fol. by on or upon): Responsibility weighed upon her.
11.
to consider carefully or judicially: to weigh well before deciding.
12.
(of a ship) to raise the anchor and get under way: The ship weighed early and escaped in the fog.
—Verb phrases
13.
weigh down,
a.
to cause to become bowed under a weight: snow and ice weighing down the trees.
b.
to lower the spirits of; burden; depress: This predicament weighs me down.
14.
weigh in, Sports.
a.
(of a boxer or wrestler) to be weighed by a medical examiner on the day of a bout.
b.
to be of the weight determined by such a weighing: He weighed in at 170 pounds.
c.
(of a jockey) to be weighed with the saddle and weights after a race.
15.
weigh out, Horse Racing. (of a jockey)
a.
to be weighed with the saddle and weights before a race.
b.
to be of the weight determined by such a weighing.
—Idioms
16.
weigh anchor, Nautical. to heave up a ship's anchor in preparation for getting under way.
O.E. wegan "find the weight of, have weight, lift, carry," from P.Gmc. *weganan (cf. O.S. wegan, O.Fris. wega, Du. wegen "to weigh," O.N. vega, O.H.G. wegan "to move, carry, weigh," Ger. wiegen "to weigh"), from PIE *wegh- "to move" (cf. Skt. vahati "carries, conveys," vahitram "vessel, ship;" Avestan vazaiti "he leads, draws;" Gk. okhos "carriage;" L. vehere "to carry, convey;" O.C.S. vesti "to carry, convey;" Lith. vezu "to carry, convey;" O.Ir. fecht "campaign, journey"). The original sense was of motion, which led to that of lifting, then to that of "measure the weight of." The older sense of "lift, carry" survives in the nautical phrase weigh anchor. Fig. sense of "to consider, ponder" (in ref. to words, etc.) is recorded from 1340.
to find the heaviness of (something) by placing it on a scale Example: He weighed himself on the bathroom scales; You must have your luggage weighed at the airport.
Arabic:
يَزِن
Chinese (Simplified):
称重量
Chinese (Traditional):
稱重量
Czech:
vážit (se)
Danish:
veje; få vejet
Dutch:
wegen
Estonian:
kaaluma
Finnish:
punnita
French:
(se) peser
German:
wiegen
Greek:
ζυγίζω
Hungarian:
(meg)mér
Icelandic:
vega, vigta
Indonesian:
menimbang
Italian:
pesare, pesarsi
Japanese:
重さを量る
Korean:
…을 저울에 달다, …의 무게를 달다
Latvian:
svērt
Lithuanian:
(pa)sverti
Norwegian:
veie, få veid
Polish:
ważyć
Portuguese (Brazil):
pesar
Portuguese (Portugal):
pesar(-se)
Romanian:
a (se) cântări
Russian:
взвешивать
Slovak:
vážiť (sa)
Slovenian:
tehtati (se)
Spanish:
pesar(se)
Swedish:
väga
Turkish:
tartmak
weigh2[wei]verb
to be equal to in heaviness Example: This parcel weighs one kilo; How much / What does this box weigh?
Arabic:
يَزِن
Chinese (Simplified):
重
Chinese (Traditional):
重
Czech:
vážit
Danish:
veje
Dutch:
wegen
Estonian:
kaaluma
Finnish:
painaa
French:
peser
German:
wiegen
Greek:
ζυγίζω, έχω βάρος
Hungarian:
nyom (vmennyit)
Icelandic:
vega
Indonesian:
berbobot
Italian:
pesare
Japanese:
～の重さがある
Korean:
무게가 …이다
Latvian:
svērt
Lithuanian:
sverti
Norwegian:
veie
Polish:
ważyć
Portuguese (Brazil):
pesar
Portuguese (Portugal):
pesar
Romanian:
a cântări
Russian:
весить
Slovak:
vážiť
Slovenian:
tehtati
Spanish:
pesar
Swedish:
väga
Turkish:
(ağırlıkta) gelmek, *çekmek, … ağırlığında olmak
weigh3[wei]verb
to be a heavy burden to Example: She was weighed down with two large suitcases.
Main Entry: weigh Pronunciation: 'wA Function: transitive verb 1: to ascertain the heaviness of by or as if by a balance 2: to
measure or apportion (a definite quantity) on or as if on a scale weighintransitive senses : to have a certain amount of heaviness : experience a specific force due
to gravity
Wag\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wagged; p. pr. & vb. n. Wagging.] [OE. waggen; probably of Scand. origin; cf. Sw. vagga to rock a cradle, vagga cradle, Icel. vagga, Dan. vugge; akin to AS. wagian to move, wag, wegan to bear, carry, G. & D. bewegen to move, and E. weigh. [root]136. See Weigh.] To move one way and the other with quick turns; to shake to and fro; to move vibratingly; to cause to vibrate, as a part of the body; as, to wag the head. No discerner durst wag his tongue in censure. --Shak. Every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and wag his head. --Jer. xviii. 16. Note: Wag expresses specifically the motion of the head and body used in buffoonery, mirth, derision, sport, and mockery.
Wain\, n. [OE. wain, AS. w[ae]gn; akin to D. & G. wagen, OHG. wagan, Icel. & Sw. vagn, Dan. vogn, and E. way. ????. See Way, Weigh, and cf. Wagon.]1. A four-wheeled vehicle for the transportation of goods, produce, etc.; a wagon. The wardens see nothing but a wain of hay. --Jeffrey. Driving in ponderous wains their household goods to the seashore. --Longfellow. 2. A chariot. [Obs.] The Wain. (Astron.) See Charles's Wain, in the Vocabulary. Wain rope, a cart rope. --Shak.
Way\, n. [OE. wey, way, AS. weg; akin to OS., D., OHG., & G. weg, Icel. vegr, Sw. v["a]g, Dan. vei, Goth. wigs, L. via, and AS. wegan to move, L. vehere to carry, Skr. vah. [root]136. Cf. Convex, Inveigh, Vehicle, Vex, Via, Voyage, Wag, Wagon, Wee, Weigh.]1. That by, upon, or along, which one passes or processes; opportunity or room to pass; place of passing; passage; road, street, track, or path of any kind; as, they built a way to the mine. "To find the way to heaven." --Shak. I shall him seek by way and eke by street. --Chaucer. The way seems difficult, and steep to scale. --Milton. The season and ways were very improper for his majesty's forces to march so great a distance. --Evelyn. 2. Length of space; distance; interval; as, a great way; a long way. And whenever the way seemed long, Or his heart began to fail. --Longfellow. 3. A moving; passage; procession; journey. I prythee, now, lead the way. --Shak. 4. Course or direction of motion or process; tendency of action; advance. If that way be your walk, you have not far. --Milton. And let eternal justice take the way. --Dryden. 5. The means by which anything is reached, or anything is accomplished; scheme; device; plan. My best way is to creep under his gaberdine. --Shak. By noble ways we conquest will prepare. --Dryden. What impious ways my wishes took! --Prior. 6. Manner; method; mode; fashion; style; as, the way of expressing one's ideas. 7. Regular course; habitual method of life or action; plan of conduct; mode of dealing. "Having lost the way of nobleness." --Sir. P. Sidney. Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace. --Prov. iii. 17. When men lived in a grander way. --Longfellow. 8. Sphere or scope of observation. --Jer. Taylor. The public ministers that fell in my way. --Sir W. Temple. 9. Determined course; resolved mode of action or conduct; as, to have one's way. 10. (Naut.) (a) Progress; as, a ship has way. (b) pl. The timbers on which a ship is launched. 11. pl. (Mach.) The longitudinal guides, or guiding surfaces, on the bed of a planer, lathe, or the like, along which a table or carriage moves. 12. (Law) Right of way. See below. By the way, in passing; apropos; aside; apart from, though connected with, the main object or subject of discourse. By way of, for the purpose of; as being; in character of. Covert way. (Fort.) See Covered way, under Covered. In the family way. See under Family. In the way, so as to meet, fall in with, obstruct, hinder, etc. In the way with, traveling or going with; meeting or being with; in the presence of. Milky way. (Astron.) See Galaxy, 1. No way, No ways. See Noway, Noways, in the Vocabulary. On the way, traveling or going; hence, in process; advancing toward completion; as, on the way to this country; on the way to success. Out of the way. See under Out. Right of way (Law), a right of private passage over another's ground. It may arise either by grant or prescription. It may be attached to a house, entry, gate, well, or city lot, as well as to a country farm. --Kent. To be under way, or To have way (Naut.), to be in motion, as when a ship begins to move. To give way. See under Give. To go one's way, or To come one's way, to go or come; to depart or come along. --Shak. To go the way of all the earth, to die. To make one's way, to advance in life by one's personal efforts. To make way. See under Make, v. t. Ways and means. (a) Methods; resources; facilities. (b) (Legislation) Means for raising money; resources for revenue. Way leave, permission to cross, or a right of way across, land; also, rent paid for such right. [Eng] Way of the cross (Eccl.), the course taken in visiting in rotation the stations of the cross. See Station, n., 7 (c) . Way of the rounds (Fort.), a space left for the passage of the rounds between a rampart and the wall of a fortified town. Way pane, a pane for cartage in irrigated land. See Pane, n., 4. [Prov. Eng.] Way passenger, a passenger taken up, or set down, at some intermediate place between the principal stations on a line of travel. Ways of God, his providential government, or his works. Way station, an intermediate station between principal stations on a line of travel, especially on a railroad. Way train, a train which stops at the intermediate, or way, stations; an accommodation train. Way warden, the surveyor of a road. Syn: Street; highway; road. Usage: Way, Street, Highway, Road. Way is generic, denoting any line for passage or conveyance; a highway is literally one raised for the sake of dryness and convenience in traveling; a road is, strictly, a way for horses and carriages; a street is, etymologically, a paved way, as early made in towns and cities; and, hence, the word is distinctively applied to roads or highways in compact settlements. All keep the broad highway, and take delight With many rather for to go astray. --Spenser. There is but one road by which to climb up. --Addison. When night Darkens the streets, then wander forth the sons Of Belial, flown with insolence and wine. --Milton.
Weigh\ (w[=a]), n. (Naut.) A corruption of Way, used only in the phrase under weigh. An expedition was got under weigh from New York. --Thackeray. The Athenians . . . hurried on board and with considerable difficulty got under weigh. --Jowett (Thucyd.).
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