Definitions for weigh

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weigh weigh

Spelling: [wey]

IPA: /weɪ/

Weigh is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 29 anagrams from letters in weigh (eghiw).

Definitions for weigh

Idioms

1. weigh anchor, Nautical. to heave up a ship's anchor in preparation for getting under way.
2. weigh one's words. word (def 29).
3. under weigh, Nautical. in motion; under way.

Verb phrases

1. weigh down, to cause to become bowed under a weight: to lower the spirits of; burden; depress:
2. weigh in, (of a boxer or wrestler) to be weighed by a medical examiner on the day of a bout. to be of the weight determined by such a weighing: (of a jockey) to be weighed with the saddle and weights after a race. Informal. to offer an opinion, advice, support, etc., especially in a forceful or authoritative way:
3. weigh out, Horse Racing. to be weighed with the saddle and weights before a race. to be of the weight determined by such a weighing.

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:
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):
4. to make heavy; increase the weight or bulk of; weight:
5. to evaluate in the mind; consider carefully in order to reach an opinion, decision, or choice:
6. Archaic. to raise, lift, or hoist (something).
7. Obsolete. to think important; esteem.

verb (used without object)

1. to have weight or a specified amount of weight:
2. to have importance, moment, or consequence:
3. to bear down as a weight or burden (usually followed by on or upon):
4. to consider carefully or judicially:
5. (of a ship) to raise the anchor and get under way:

Origin of weigh

before 900; Middle English weghen, Old English wegan to carry, weigh; cognate with Dutch wegen, German wägen, Old Norse vega; akin to Latin vehere

Examples for weigh

Here's the cloth an' some leads; weigh out a hundred and twelve too.

Its purpose is not to try the case, seek both sides of the argument, or weigh the relative merits of each.

Young male and female fashion models are told how to look, what to eat, and how much they can weigh.

When John Porter left the stand, the horses had just cantered back to weigh in.

Nevertheless, the expectation that every African-American star or hip-hop hero must weigh in on Ferguson is a problematic one.

weigh them, and allow to each pound of oranges a pound of loaf-sugar.

His steel-yards wuz broke, so he had to weigh 'em in the house.

That position could be changing now as the president meets with his security advisors to weigh his options.

When it falls unconscious, a ground crew drags the beast—which can weigh up to 5,000 lbs—into a net strapped to the chopper.

weigh them, and to each pound of apples allow a pound of loaf-sugar.