Weigh
51weigh in — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you weigh in on a plan, decision, or discussion, you add your advice or comments to it. [JOURNALISM] [V P on n] The President s political advisers also weighed in on the plan... [V P on n] Cranston and others were improperly… …
52weigh-in — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms weigh in : singular weigh in plural weigh ins an occasion when someone who is taking part in a sport such as boxing or horse racing is officially weighed …
53weigh-in — /way in /, n. Sports. the act or an instance of weighing in: After the weigh in the fighters posed for photographers. [1865 70; n. use of v. phrase weigh in] * * * …
54weigh on — phr verb Weigh on is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑guilt Weigh on is used with these nouns as the object: ↑scales …
55weigh — [OE] The etymological notion underlying weigh is ‘carrying’: for it comes ultimately from the Indo European base *wegh , which also produced Latin vehere ‘carry’ (source of English vector, vehicle, etc). The idea of ‘heaviness’ is a weir 544… …
56weigh up — 1) see weigh 3) 2) PHRASAL VERB If you weigh someone up, you try and find out what they are like and form an opinion of them, especially when you are suspicious of them. [mainly BRIT] [V n P] She looked at me the way my Marine recruiting sergeant …
57weigh-in — noun (countable usually singular) a check on the weight of a boxer (1) or a jockey 1 before a fight or a horse race see also: weigh in weigh …
58weigh — verb 1) she weighs the vegetables Syn: put on the scales 2) he weighed 118 kg Syn: tip the scales at 3) he has to weigh up the possibilities Syn: consider, contemplate …
59weigh in — 1. Start. Assist. Intervene. 2. weigh in with Introduce. 3. weigh into Attack …
60weigh — [OE] The etymological notion underlying weigh is ‘carrying’: for it comes ultimately from the Indo European base *wegh , which also produced Latin vehere ‘carry’ (source of English vector, vehicle, etc). The idea of ‘heaviness’ is a secondary… …
