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weigh

1 [wey]

–verb (used with object)

1.	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.

17.	weigh one's words. word (def. 27).

Origin:
bef. 900; ME weghen, OE wegan to carry, weigh; c. D wegen, G wägen, ON vega; akin to L vehere

Related forms:

weigh⋅a⋅ble, adjective

weigher, noun

Synonyms:
5. ponder, contemplate. See study ¹ .

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weigh

2 [wey]

—Idiom

under weigh, Nautical. in motion; under way.

Origin:
1775–85; sp. var. of way ¹ by assoc. with weigh anchor

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weigh¹ (wā)

v. weighed, weigh·ing, weighs

v. tr.

To determine the weight of by or as if by using a scale or balance.
To measure or apportion (a certain quantity) by or as if by weight. Often used with out: weighed out a pound of cheese.
1. To balance in the mind in order to make a choice; ponder or evaluate: weighed the alternatives and decided to stay.
2. To choose carefully or deliberately: weigh one's words.
Nautical To raise (anchor).

v. intr.

To be of a specific weight.
To have consequence or importance: The decision weighed heavily against us. See Synonyms at count¹.
1. To cause to bend heavily by or as if by added weight. Used with on or upon: a coating of ice that weighed upon the slender branches.
2. To burden or oppress: was weighed with the onerous task of laying off the staff.
Nautical To raise anchor.

Phrasal Verb(s):
weigh down

To cause to bend down with added weight: vines that were weighed down with grapes.
To burden or oppress: The responsibilities of the new job weighed him down.

weigh in

Sports To be weighed at a weigh-in.
To have one's baggage weighed, as at an airport.
Slang To make a forceful statement in a discussion: She weighed in with some pertinent facts.

[Middle English weien, from Old English wegan; see wegh- in Indo-European roots.]
weigh'a·ble adj., weigh'er n.

weigh² (wā)

n. Nautical
Way. Used in the phrase under weigh.

[Variant (influenced by weigh¹, as in weigh anchor) of way.]

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Weigh

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.).

Weigh

Weigh\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Weighed; p. pr. & vb. n. Weighing.] [OE. weien, weyen, weghen, AS. wegan to bear, move; akin to D. wegen to weigh, G. w["a]gen, wiegen, to weigh, bewegen to move, OHG. wegan, Icel. vega to move, carry, lift, weigh, Sw. v["a]ga to weigh, Dan. veie, Goth. gawigan to shake, L. vehere to carry, Skr. vah. ????. See Way, and cf. Wey.]

1. To bear up; to raise; to lift into the air; to swing up; as, to weigh anchor. "Weigh the vessel up." --Cowper.

2. 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.

Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting. --Dan. v. 27.

3. To be equivalent to in weight; to counterbalance; to have the heaviness of. "A body weighing divers ounces." --Boyle.

4. To pay, allot, take, or give by weight.

They weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver. --Zech. xi. 12.

5. 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.

A young man not weighed in state affairs. --Bacon.

Had no better weighed The strength he was to cope with, or his own. --Milton.

Regard not who it is which speaketh, but weigh only what is spoken. --Hooker.

In nice balance, truth with gold she weighs. --Pope.

Without sufficiently weighing his expressions. --Sir W. Scott.

6. To consider as worthy of notice; to regard. [Obs. or Archaic] "I weigh not you." --Shak.

All that she so dear did weigh. --Spenser.

To weigh down. (a) To overbalance. (b) To oppress with weight; to overburden; to depress. "To weigh thy spirits down." --Milton.

Weigh

Weigh\, v. i. 1. To have weight; to be heavy. "They only weigh the heavier." --Cowper.

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

Your vows to her and me . . . will even weigh. --Shak.

This objection ought to weigh with those whose reading is designed for much talk and little knowledge. --Locke.

3. To bear heavily; to press hard.

Cleanse the stuffed bosom of that perilous stuff Which weighs upon the heart. --Shak.

4. To judge; to estimate. [R.]

Could not weigh of worthiness aright. --Spenser.

To weigh down, to sink by its own weight.

Weigh

Weigh\, n. [See Wey.] A certain quantity estimated by weight; an English measure of weight. See Wey.

Language Translation for : weigh

Spanish: pesar(se),

German: wiegen,

Japanese: 重さを量る

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weigh

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.

Main Entry: weigh
Pronunciation: 'wA
Function: transitive verb
1 : to ascertain the heaviness of by or as if by a balance
2 : tomeasure or apportion (a definite quantity) on or as if on a scale weigh intransitive senses
: to have a certain amount of heaviness : experience a specific force dueto gravity

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