weigh

Meaning

Verb

1. To determine the weight of an object.
2. Often with "out", to measure a certain amount of something by its weight, e.g. for sale.
3. To determine the intrinsic value or merit of an object, to evaluate.
4. (obsolete) To judge; to estimate.
5. To consider a subject.
6. To have a certain weight.
7. To have weight; to be heavy; to press down.
8. To be considered as important; to have weight in the intellectual balance.
9. To raise an anchor free of the seabed.
10. To weigh anchor.
11. To bear up; to raise; to lift into the air; to swing up.
12. (obsolete) To consider as worthy of notice; to regard.

Noun

The act of weighing, of measuring the weight

Concepts

weigh

measure

consider

balance

judge

count

scale

deliberate

study

scales

examine

ponder

think over

estimate

gauge

matter

press

contemplate

librate

compare

heavy

impress

quantify

steelyard

meditate

review

ruminate

survey

time

calculate

signify

mete

heft

ponderate

poise

raise

reconsider

size up

trade-off

weigher

weighing

ineasure

disanchor

heave-ho

raise anchor

dead milling

oppress

repress

amount

dosage

dose

dosis

magnitude

quantitative

quantity

hoist

kill

aim for

target

weigh up

bear down

bear down on

carry weight

depress

force

imprint

push

sag

stand

weigh down

weigh on

act

act upon

affect

appear

cut

give

impact

impinge

influence

kick in

move

prepossess

redound

seem

smell

strike

work

afflict

ail

beset

bother

discommode

eat on

gall

get

hassle

infest

inflict

knead

molest

nag

niggle

smite

trouble

vex

appraise

Roman balance

weighing scale

carry

weigh anchor

length

test

fall off

assess

Pronounced as (IPA)

/weɪ/

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.