Weigh | Mean of weigh in English Dictionary

/ˈweɪ/

• Verb
• to find how heavy (someone or something) is
1. She weighs herself every morning.
2. He used a scale to weigh the bananas.
• to have a specified weight
1. I weigh 180 pounds.
2. The bananas weigh more than the apples.
3. How much do you weigh?
4. This box weighs a ton. [=is very heavy]
• to think carefully about (something) in order to form an opinion or make a decision
1. You will need to weigh the pros and cons.
2. He took time to weigh his options.
3. You should weigh your words [=think carefully about what you are going to say] before you answer that question.
4. She tried to weigh up [=evaluate] the pros and cons of staying at her current job.

• to be considered in a specified way when a person or thing is being judged
1. The evidence weighs (heavily) against him. [=the evidence is not in his favor]
2. Her previous experience weighs in her favor.
• to press down on (someone or something)
1. My heavy backpack weighed me down.
2. The boat was weighed down by the extra cargo.
• to cause (someone) to accept or deal with something difficult or unpleasant
1. I don't want to weigh you down with my bad news.
2. I'm feeling weighed down [=burdened] by all the work I have to do.
• to be weighed or to weigh (someone) before competing in a fight, race, etc.
1. When will the jockeys weigh in?
2. The boxers were weighed in before the fight.
• to give your opinion about something
1. I think we're pretty much decided, unless you want to weigh in.
2. Would you like to weigh in with your opinion? [=would you like to say what your opinion is?]
3. Do you want to weigh in on our weekend plans? [=do you want to say your opinion about our weekend plans?]
• to make (someone or something) sad, depressed, or worried
1. The bad news is really weighing on me.
2. I can tell that something is weighing on his mind. [=that he's worried about something]
• to measure and remove a certain weight of (something)
1. Would you weigh out 20 pounds of rice?
2. I weighed the portions out and distributed them.
• to look at and listen to (someone) in order to make a judgment about that person's character, abilities, etc.
1. She was watching him closely as he spoke, weighing him up. [=sizing him up]