Phonetics:
Meanings:
verb
Definition: To determine the weight of an object.
Definition: Often with “out”, to measure a certain amount of something by its weight, e.g. for sale.
Example: He weighed out two kilos of oranges for a client.
Definition: To determine the intrinsic value or merit of an object, to evaluate.
Example: You have been weighed in the balance and found wanting.
Definition: To judge; to estimate.
Definition: To consider a subject.
Definition: To have a certain weight.
Example: I weigh ten and a half stone.
Definition: To have weight; to be heavy; to press down.
Definition: To be considered as important; to have weight in the intellectual balance.
Definition: To raise an anchor free of the seabed.
Definition: To weigh anchor.
Definition: To bear up; to raise; to lift into the air; to swing up.
Definition: To consider as worthy of notice; to regard.