All English words - page 6427

Meanings of Weevil:

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 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 Weeweeing:

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 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 Weigela:

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 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 Weigh up:

phrasal verb

Carefully assess someone or something.

Usage examples:

You'll have to weigh up the risks for yourself

Meanings of Weigh-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 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:

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 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:

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 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 Weighing-up:

phrasal verb

To think carefully about the advantages or disadvantages of a situation before making a decision

Usage examples:

Regulators are weighing up whether to allow the merger to go ahead.

Meanings of Weighs:

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 Weight:

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 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