Phrase Hound found 18 phrases and 48 compound words that contain weigh. The most common are listed below. Open weigh in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 18
- weigh anchorTo raise the anchor of a ship or boat prior to getting under way.
- under weighUnderway.
- weigh stationA place on the highway where trucks stop to get weighed.
- weigh downTo act as a ballast for.
- weigh upTo assess a person or a situation.
- weigh in the balanceTo ponder or evaluate; to assess the merits and demerits of.
- weigh houseA building where goods were weighed.
- weigh a tonTo be very heavy.
- weigh one's wordsTo think carefully about what one will say.
- weigh againstTo be disadvantageous to someone.
- weigh offTo sentence (a prisoner).
- weigh outTo divide (something) into portions by weight.
- weigh boatA container used to weigh small amounts of substances.
- weigh boatsplural of weigh boat: A container used to weigh small amounts of substances.
- weigh enoughAlternative spelling of way enough: A coxswain's order for rowers to cease rowing immediately.
- weigh housesplural of weigh house: A building where goods were weighed.
- weigh stationsplural of weigh station: A place on the highway where trucks stop to get weighed.
- weigh-insplural of weigh-in: The process of determining a competitor's body weight prior to an event, especially to ensure it is within the weight restrictions.
Compound words 48
- weightThe downwards force an object experiences due to gravity.
- aweighOf a ship's anchor: Having been lifted off the sea bed in preparation for sailing; hanging by its rode, atrip.
- misweighTo give an inaccurate measurement of the weight (of something).
- unweighTo shift weight off of or to have the weight shifted off of.
- weighmasterSomebody who professionally weighs goods, a weigher.
- beweighTo determine the weight of; weigh; consider.
- counterweighTo act as counterbalance (against something).
- weighageA duty or toll paid for weighing merchandise.
- weighbeamA kind of large steelyard or scale that works by balance, as opposed to a spring.
- checkweighTo check the weight of the mined material and thus ensure the proper wages are paid.