weighing

/ˈweɪ.ɪŋ/

verb

  1. 1

    To determine the weight of an object.

  2. 2

    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.
  3. 3

    To determine the intrinsic value or merit of an object, to evaluate.

    You have been weighed in the balance and found wanting.
  4. 4

    To judge; to estimate.

  5. 5

    To consider a subject.

  6. 6

    To have a certain weight.

    I weigh ten and a half stone.
  7. 7

    To have weight; to be heavy; to press down.

  8. 8

    To be considered as important; to have weight in the intellectual balance.

  9. 9

    To raise an anchor free of the seabed.

  10. 10

    To weigh anchor.

  11. 11

    To bear up; to raise; to lift into the air; to swing up.

  12. 12

    To consider as worthy of notice; to regard.

noun

  1. 1

    The process by which something is weighed.

    She took her baby to the clinic for regular weighings.

adjective

  1. 1

    That weighs or burdens.

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