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Verb: weigh  wey
  1. Determine the weight of
    "The butcher weighed the chicken"
     
  2. Have a certain weight
    "The package weighs five pounds"
     
  3. Show consideration for; take into account
    "We must weigh all the options before making a decision";
    - consider, count
     
  4. Have weight; have import, carry weight
    "It does not weigh much";
    - count, matter
     
  5. To be oppressive or burdensome
    "weigh heavily on the mind";
    - press

Sounds like: watts, Watts, what', weigh, whey, W

Derived forms: weighed, weighing, weighs

Type of: be, cerebrate, cogitate, exist, measure, quantify, quantitate, think

Encyclopedia: Weigh, Stephen