To weigh is all about judging; you could be seeing how heavy something is or if it is a good choice. You could weigh the tomatoes you're buying or weigh your options when applying to college.
A corruption of
Verb
show consideration for; take into account; "You must consider her age"; "The judge considered the offender''s youth and was lenient"
Verb
have weight; have import, carry weight; "It does not matter much"
Verb
to be oppressive or burdensome; "weigh heavily on the mind", "Something pressed on his mind"
Verb
determine the weight of; "The butcher weighed the chicken"
Verb
have a certain weight
n.
A corruption of Way, used only in the phrase under weigh.
v. t.
To bear up; to raise; to lift into the air; to swing up;
as, to weigh anchor.
v. t.
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.
v. t.
To be equivalent to in weight; to counterbalance; to have
the heaviness of.
v. t.
To pay, allot, take, or give by weight.
v. t.
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.
v. t.
To consider as worthy of notice; to regard.
v. i.
To have weight; to be heavy.
v. i.
To be considered as important; to have weight in the
intellectual balance.
v. i.
To bear heavily; to press hard.
v. i.
To judge; to estimate.
n.
A certain quantity estimated by weight; an English measure
of weight. See Wey.
Weigh
An expedition was got under weigh from New York.
The Athenians . . . hurried on board and with considerable difficulty got under weigh.
Weigh
Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.3.
They weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver.5.
A young man not weighed in state affairs.
Had no better weighed The strength he was to cope with, or his own.
Regard not who it is which speaketh, but weigh only what is spoken.
In nice balance, truth with gold she weighs.
Without sufficiently weighing his expressions.6.
All that she so dear did weigh.
Weigh
Your vows to her and me . . . will even weigh.
This objection ought to weigh with those whose reading is designed for much talk and little knowledge.3.
Cleanse the stuffed bosom of that perilous stuff Which weighs upon the heart.4.
Could not weigh of worthiness aright.
Weigh
A corruption of
To bear up; to raise; to lift into the air; to swing up;
To have weight; to be heavy.
A certain quantity estimated by weight; an English measure of weight. See
Usage Examples
'Tis best to weigh the enemy more mighty than he seems.
I hope in my lifetime we can all continue to laugh at ourselves and not put down anyone for what they weigh.
Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give luster, and many more people see than weigh.
Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give lustre, and many more people see than weigh.
That test should not be about ratings. What should weigh is the knowledge that a public broadcaster delivers programmes that matter.
Misspelled FormWeigh, Weigh, eigh, Weigh, Wweigh, W3eigh, W4eigh, Wreigh, Wseigh, Wdeigh, Wwigh, W3igh, W4igh, Wrigh, Wsigh, Wdigh, Wewigh, We3igh, We4igh, Werigh, Wesigh, Wedigh, Weuigh, We8igh, We9igh, Weoigh, Wejigh, Wekigh, Weugh, We8gh, We9gh, Weogh, Wejgh, Wekgh, Weiugh, Wei8gh, Wei9gh, Weiogh, Weijgh, Weikgh, Weifgh, Weitgh, Weiygh, Weihgh, Weibgh, Weivgh, Weifh, Weith, Weiyh, Weihh, Weibh, Weivh, Weigfh, Weigth, Weigyh, Weighh, Weigbh, Weigvh, Weiggh, Weigyh, Weiguh, Weigjh, Weignh, Weigg, Weigy, Weigu, Weigj, Weign, Weighg, Weighy, Weighu, Weighj, Weighn.
Other Usage ExamplesI think it's best if there's an amendment that goes on the ballot where the people can weigh in. Every time this issue has gone on the ballot, the people have voted to retain the traditional definition of marriage as recently as California in 2008.
My mom used to tell me: 'It's not what you weigh it's what you look like.'
The thing I care about is my weight - I'm as fanatical about it as a member of Girls Aloud. I weigh myself every morning. I know exactly what I want to be - 82kg - and I try to stick to it.
We do not sit as a superlegislature to weigh the wisdom of legislation.
In New York, if you weigh under 200 pounds and decline so much as a cookie at a co-worker's party, women will flock to your side, assuring you of your appealing physique. This is how skittish we are about the dangers of anorexia and the pressures of body image.
A year from now, you're gonna weigh more or less than what you do right now.
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