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weighing
To determine the weight of an object.
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verb
To determine the weight of an object.
Often with "out", to measure a certain amount of something by its weight, e.g. for sale.
“He weighed out two kilos of oranges for a client.”
To determine the intrinsic value or merit of an object, to evaluate.
“You have been weighed in the balance and found wanting.”
To judge; to estimate.
To consider a subject.
To have a certain weight.
“I weigh ten and a half stone.”
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 process by which something is weighed.
“She took her baby to the clinic for regular weighings.”
adjective
That weighs or burdens.
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He weighed out two kilos of oranges for a client.
You have been weighed in the balance and found wanting.
I weigh ten and a half stone.
She took her baby to the clinic for regular weighings.