All English words - page 4135

Meanings of Weevers:

noun

A small, long-bodied fish with eyes at the top of the head and venomous dorsal spines. it occurs along eastern atlantic coasts, typically buried in the sand with just the eyes and spines protruding.

Usage examples:

All weevers have venomous spines on their back and on the gill-covers.

Meanings of Weevils:

noun

A small beetle with an elongated snout, the larvae of which typically develop inside seeds, stems, or other plant parts. many are pests of crops or stored foodstuffs.

Usage examples:

Weevils bore through the stem and eat the pith within, and beetle larvae bore through the roots.

Meanings of Weewees:

adjective

Little.

Usage examples:

When i was just a wee bairn

noun

Urine.

Usage examples:

There was wee all over the floor

verb

Urinate.

Usage examples:

Mummy comes in and takes her top and knickers off when she is drunk and wees on the carpet.

Meanings of Wef:

abbreviation

With effect from.

Usage examples:

A budget to allocate w.e.f. 1st april

Meanings of Weft:

noun

(in weaving) the crosswise threads on a loom that are passed over and under the warp threads to make cloth.

Usage examples:

Weft threads

Meanings of Wefts:

noun

A gentle movement of air.

Meanings of Wei:

proper noun

The name of several dynasties which ruled in china, especially that of ad 386–535.

Meanings of Weigelas:

noun

An asian flowering shrub of the honeysuckle family, which has pink, red, or yellow flowers and is a popular ornamental.

Usage examples:

Good candidates are aucuba, barberry, forsythia, holly, honey-suckle, hydrangea, spirraea, weigela …

Meanings of Weigh:

verb

Find out how heavy (someone or something) is, typically using scales.

Usage examples:

Weigh yourself on the day you begin the diet

Meanings of Weigh in:

phrasal verb

Make a forceful contribution to a competition or argument.

Usage examples:

The dispute turned nastier when steve weighed in

Meanings of Weighbridge:

noun

A machine for weighing vehicles, set into the ground to be driven on to.

Usage examples:

The driver of the skip wagon told police he had waited several minutes while another vehicle left t…

Meanings of Weighed-down:

phrasal verb

To make it difficult for someone or something to move by giving that person or thing a heavy load to carry

Usage examples:

She checked her bags because she didn’t want to be weighed down., fig. she was weighed down (= made…

Meanings of Weighing-machine:

noun

A piece of equipment that you can stand on to find out your weight, or place an object on to find its weight

Usage examples:

I stared in disbelief at the dial on the weighing machine.

Meanings of Weightage:

noun

The value or importance of something when compared with another thing

Usage examples:

The entrance test carries 40 percent weightage in the final result.

Meanings of Weighted:

verb

Hold (something) down by placing a heavy object on top of it.

Usage examples:

A mug half filled with coffee weighted down a stack of papers

noun

A body's relative mass or the quantity of matter contained by it, giving rise to a downward force; the heaviness of a person or thing.

Usage examples:

He was at least fifteen stone in weight

Meanings of Weightier:

adjective

Weighing a great deal; heavy.

Usage examples:

A weighty tome

Meanings of Weightiest:

adjective

Weighing a great deal; heavy.

Usage examples:

A weighty tome

Meanings of Weightless:

adjective

(of a body, especially in an orbiting spacecraft) not apparently acted on by gravity.

Usage examples:

Her body slowly felt weightless and she landed softly on her hands and knees.

Meanings of Weightlessness:

noun

The state of apparently not being acted on by gravity; the state of being weightless.

Usage examples:

The effects of weightlessness on astronauts

Meanings of Weights:

noun

A body's relative mass or the quantity of matter contained by it, giving rise to a downward force; the heaviness of a person or thing.

Usage examples:

He was at least fifteen stone in weight

verb

Hold (something) down by placing a heavy object on top of it.

Usage examples:

A mug half filled with coffee weighted down a stack of papers

Meanings of Weighty:

adjective

Weighing a great deal; heavy.

Usage examples:

A weighty tome

Meanings of Weiner:

noun

A frankfurter or similar sausage.

Usage examples:

All that can be said with any certainty is that in the closing decades of the 19th century frankfur…

Meanings of Weirder:

adjective

Suggesting something supernatural; unearthly.

Usage examples:

Weird, inhuman sounds

noun

A person's destiny.

verb

Induce a sense of disbelief or alienation in someone.

Usage examples:

Blue eyes weirded him out, and ivan's were especially creepy

Meanings of Weirdly:

adverb

In a very strange or unexpected manner.

Usage examples:

Everyone has been acting weirdly

Meanings of Weirdo:

noun

A person whose dress or behaviour seems strange or eccentric.

Usage examples:

The streets are dangerous and there are too many weirdos around