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weigh
verb
-
weigh
,
weighing
,
weighs
,
weighed
to
find
out
how
heavy
someone
or
something
is
by
using
scales
or
another
measuring
device
•
At
the
doctor's
office
,
the
nurse
weighed
the
child
before
the
check-up
.
At
the
doctor's
office
,
the
nurse
weighed
the
child
before
the
check-up
.
•
Before
baking
,
Adam
weighs
the
flour
to
make
sure
the
cake
turns
out
right
.
Before
baking
,
Adam
weighs
the
flour
to
make
sure
the
cake
turns
out
right
.
Old
English
‘
weeg
’ (
weight
)
and
‘
wegan
’ (
to
lift
,
carry
),
related
to
German
‘
wiegen
’.
verb
-
weigh
,
weighing
,
weighs
,
weighed
to
have
a
particular
weight
•
That
huge
pumpkin
weighs
more
than
30
kilograms
.
That
huge
pumpkin
weighs
more
than
30
kilograms
.
•
The
backpack
weighed
almost
nothing
when
it
was
empty
.
The
backpack
weighed
almost
nothing
when
it
was
empty
.
Same
Germanic
roots
as
the
measuring
sense
,
but
used
intransitively
since
Middle
English
.
verb
-
weigh
,
weighing
,
weighs
,
weighed
to
think
carefully
about
something
,
especially
its
advantages
and
disadvantages
,
before
making
a
decision
•
You
should
weigh
the
pros
and
cons
before
accepting
the
job
offer
.
You
should
weigh
the
pros
and
cons
before
accepting
the
job
offer
.
•
The
judge
weighed
all
the
evidence
carefully
.
The
judge
weighed
all
the
evidence
carefully
.
Figurative
use
recorded
since
the
14th
century
,
extending
the
idea
of
balancing
weight
to
balancing
ideas
.
