weigh
Plural: weighs
Verb
Verb Forms: weighed, weighing, weighs
- To determine the heaviness of something or someone.
- have a certain weight
- show consideration for; take into account
- determine the weight of
- "The butcher weighed the chicken"
- have weight; have import, carry weight
- to be oppressive or burdensome; ,
- "weigh heavily on the mind"
- To determine the weight of an object.
- Often with "out", to measure a certain amount of something by its weight, e.g. for sale.
- To determine the intrinsic value or merit of an object, to evaluate.
- To judge; to estimate.
- To consider a subject.
- To have a certain weight.
- To have weight; to be heavy; to press down.
- To be considered as important; to have weight in the intellectual balance.
- To raise an anchor free of the seabed.
- To weigh anchor.
- To bear up; to raise; to lift into the air; to swing up.
- To consider as worthy of notice; to regard.
Noun
- The act of weighing, of measuring the weight
Examples
- Give the sugar a quick weigh.
- He had to weigh his options carefully before making his Scrabble move.
- He weighed out two kilos of oranges for a client.
- I weigh ten and a half stone.
- You have been weighed in the balance and found wanting.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English weghen, weȝen, from Old English wegan, from Proto-West Germanic *wegan, from Proto-Germanic *weganą (“to move, carry, weigh”), from Proto-Indo-European *wéǵʰeti, from *weǵʰ- (“to bring, transport”).
Cognates
Cognate with Scots wey or weich, Dutch wegen, German wiegen, wägen, Danish veje, Norwegian Bokmål veie, Norwegian Nynorsk vega. Doublet of wedge, wagon, way, and vector.
Scrabble Score: 12
weigh: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordweigh: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
weigh: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary