- 2. Shed, pour forth, drop, shed drop by drop.
Weft, n. Woof.
Weigh, v. a.
- 1. Bear up, raise, swing up, lift so that it hangs in the air.
- 2. Try in the balance, find the weight of, determine the heaviness of.
- 3. Counterbalance, be equivalent to in weight, have the heaviness of.
- 4. Pay, allot, take by weight.
- 5. Examine, ponder, balance in the mind, meditate upon, estimate deliberately, balance.
- 6. Regard, esteem as worthy of notice.
Weigh, v. n.
- 1. Gravitate, be heavy.
- 2. Bear, press, bear heavily, press hard.
Weigh down.
- 1. (Active.) Overbalance.
- 2. Oppress, overburden, depress.
Weigh down. (Neuter.) Sink by its own weight.
Weight, n.
- 1. Heaviness, gravity, ponderousness, ponderosity.
- 2. Pressure, burden, load.
- 3. Importance, influence, power, efficacy, consequence, moment, significance, import, pith.
- 4. Scale, mode of estimating weight, measure, system of weighing.