English-Dutch translations for weigh

• wegen
  De belangen van de individuele lidstaten wegen zwaar. The interests of the individual Member States weigh heavily.
  Daarom is het voor ons moeilijk om de voor- en nadelen tegen elkaar af te wegen. It is therefore very difficult for us to weigh up the benefits.
  Alle beperkingen wegen iedere dag een beetje zwaarder op de schouders van de boeren. The restrictions weigh a little more each day on the shoulders of farmers.
• wikken

Definition of weigh

• To determine the weight of an object
• To determine the intrinsic value or merit of an object, to evaluate
• To judge; to estimate
• To consider a subject.
• To have weight; to be heavy; to press down
• To be considered as important; to have weight in the intellectual balance
• To raise an anchor free of the seabed
• To bear up; to raise; to lift into the air; to swing up
• To consider as worthy of notice; to regard

Examples

• He weighed out two kilos of oranges for a client.
• You have been weighed in the balance and found wanting.
• I weigh ten and a half stone.

Related words

• weight
• outweigh
• heavyweight
• deadweight
• counterweight
• weighted
• overweight
• weightlifting
• weightlessness