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  • 31weigh — weigh1 verb 1》 find out how heavy (someone or something) is.     ↘have a specified weight.     ↘balance (something) in the hands to assess its weight.     ↘(weigh something out) measure and take out a portion of a particular weight.     ↘(weigh… …

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  • 32weigh — 1. v. 1 tr. find the weight of. 2 tr. balance in the hands to guess or as if to guess the weight of. 3 tr. (often foll. by out) a take a definite weight of; take a specified weight from a larger quantity. b distribute in exact amounts by weight.… …

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  • 33weigh — I. /weɪ / (say way) verb (t) 1. to ascertain the weight of by means of a balance, scale, or other mechanical device: to weigh gold; to weigh gases; to weigh oneself. 2. to hold up or balance, as in the hand, in order to estimate the weight. 3.… …

  • 34anchor — anchorable, adj. anchorless, adj. anchorlike, adj. /ang keuhr/, n. 1. any of various devices dropped by a chain, cable, or rope to the bottom of a body of water for preventing or restricting the motion of a vessel or other floating object,… …

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  • 35anchor — I n. 1) to cast, drop anchor 2) to raise, weigh anchor 3) at anchor (to ride at anchor) II v. to anchor firmly * * * [ æŋkə] dropanchor weigh anchor to cast to raise to anchor firmly at anchor (to ride …

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  • 36weigh — I. verb Etymology: Middle English weyen, from Old English wegan to move, carry, weigh more at way Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. to ascertain the heaviness of by or as if by a balance 2. a. outweigh b. counterbalance …

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  • 37weigh */*/ — UK [weɪ] / US verb Word forms weigh : present tense I/you/we/they weigh he/she/it weighs present participle weighing past tense weighed past participle weighed 1) a) [linking verb] to have a particular weight Tell me Clare, how much do you weigh? …

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  • 38Anchor — For other uses, see Anchor (disambiguation). Ploudalmézeau, anchor of Amoco Cadiz An anchor is a device, normally made of metal, that is used to connect a vessel to the bed of a body of water to prevent the vessel from drifting due to wind or… …

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  • 39weigh — [[t]weɪ[/t]] v. t. 1) phs wam to determine or ascertain the force that gravitation exerts upon (a person or thing) by use of a balance, scale, or other mechanical device 2) wam to measure or apportion (a certain quantity of something) according… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 40anchor — [[t]æ̱ŋkə(r)[/t]] anchors, anchoring, anchored 1) N COUNT An anchor is a heavy hooked object that is dropped from a boat into the water at the end of a chain in order to make the boat stay in one place. 2) V ERG When a boat anchors or when you… …

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