weigh

weigh [ weı ] verb **

1. ) linking verb to have a particular weight:

Tell me Clare, how much do you weigh?

The baby weighed 7 pounds when she was born.

weigh a ton (=be very heavy): Your suitcase weighs a ton.

a ) transitive to measure how heavy someone or something is:

Weigh yourself daily and mark your weight on the chart.

They will weigh your package at the post office.

2. ) transitive to consider all the aspects of a situation carefully before making a decision:

The judge weighed all of the facts carefully before reaching a verdict.

weigh something against something: Those costs must be weighed against the environmental benefits.

3. ) intransitive to have an important effect or influence:

weigh against: Unfortunately, his batting and fielding weigh against him.

weigh heavily with someone: The defeat weighed heavily with the President.

weigh anchor

to lift the ANCHOR of a ship from the water in order to start sailing

weigh your words

to think carefully about how you want to say something

,weigh `down phrasal verb transitive

1. ) to make someone heavy and unable to move easily:

If you weigh yourself down you'll get very tired.

The waiters were weighed down by huge trays of food.

2. ) often passive to cause problems for someone or something or make someone worried:

Wall Street has been weighed down by economic uncertainty.

,weigh `in phrasal verb intransitive

1. ) to have your weight checked before you take part in a sport such as BOXING or HORSE RACING:

weigh in at: Bowen weighed in at 241 pounds.

2. ) to become involved in something:

weigh in with: I just wanted to weigh in with some comments.

`weigh ,on phrasal verb transitive

weigh on someone to cause problems for someone or something or make someone worried:

The responsibility of her new job had begun to weigh on her.

The high price of property weighs heavily on many businesses.

weigh on someone's mind: The decision to move has been weighing heavily on Eric's mind.

,weigh `out phrasal verb transitive

to measure an exact amount of something:

He weighed out every portion of sugar, flour, and dried fruit.