“weighs” is a form of
weigh
/weɪ/ verb, noun, proper noun
Forms weighs weighing weighed waye weye
- verb (transitive) To determine the weight of an object.
- verb (transitive) 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.”
- verb (transitive, figuratively) To determine the intrinsic value or merit of an object, to evaluate. “You have been weighed in the balance and found wanting.”
- verb (intransitive, figuratively, obsolete) To judge; to estimate.
- verb (transitive) To consider a subject.
- verb (intransitive, copulative, stative) To have a certain weight. “I weigh ten and a half stone.”
- verb (intransitive) To have weight; to be heavy; to press down.
- verb (intransitive) To be considered as important; to have weight in the intellectual balance.
- noun The act of weighing, of measuring the weight “Give the sugar a quick weigh.”
- proper noun A surname.
Synonyms
assess price value appraise apprise apprize esteem evaluate judge prize rate valuate worthen consider count librate matter press
Etymology
From Middle English weyen, from Old English wegan, from Proto-West Germanic *wegan, from Proto-Germanic *weganą (“to move, carry, weigh”), from Proto-Indo-European *wéǵʰeti, from *weǵʰ- (“to bring, transport”).
Cognate with Scots wey, wee, Dutch wegen, German wiegen, wägen, Danish veje, Norwegian Bokmål veie, Norwegian Nynorsk vega. Doublet of wedge, wagon, way, and vector.
Webster’s 1913
- noun A corruption of Way, used only in the phrase under weigh.
- verb To bear up; to raise; to lift into the air; to swing up; as, to weigh anchor. "Weigh the vessel up." Cowper.
- verb To examine by the balance; to ascertain the weight of, that is, the force with which a thing tends to the center of the earth; to determine the heaviness, or quantity of matter of; as, to weigh sugar; to weigh gold.
- verb To have weight; to be heavy. "They only weigh the heavier." Cowper.
Etymology [OE. weien, weyen, weghen, AS. wegan to bear, move; akin to D. wegen to weigh, G. wägen, wiegen, to weigh, bewegen to move, OHG. wegan, Icel. vega to move, carry, lift, weigh, Sw. väga to weigh, Dan. veie, Goth. gawigan to shake, L. vehere to carry, Skr. vah. Way, and cf. Wey.]
Etymology [See Wey.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “weigh”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details