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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 followed 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.
EXPANDto evaluate in the mind; consider carefully in order to reach an opinion, decision, or choice: to weigh the facts; to weigh a proposal.
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 followed 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.
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Weigh down
is always a great word to know.
So is slumgullion. Does it mean:
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
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.
Idiomsweigh 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.
16.
weigh anchor, Nautical. to heave up a ship's anchor in preparation for getting under way.
17.
weigh one's words. word (def. 29).
Origin:
before 900; Middle English weghen, Old English wegan to carry, weigh; cognate with Dutch wegen, German wägen, Old Norse vega; akin to Latin vehere
before 900; Middle English weghen, Old English wegan to carry, weigh; cognate with Dutch wegen, German wägen, Old Norse vega; akin to Latin vehere
Related forms
weigh·a·ble, adjective
weigh·er, noun
un·weigh·a·ble, adjective
un·weigh·ing, adjective
well-weighed, adjective
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| weigh down | |
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| (adverb) to press (a person) down by or as if by weight: his troubles weighed him down | |
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Word Origin & History
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
EXPANDvazaiti "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.
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Idioms & Phrases
weigh down
Burden, oppress, as in Their problems have weighed them down. This expression transfers bowing under a physical weight to emotional burdens. [c. 1600]
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