weft

weft
noun the weft technical the threads in a piece of cloth that are woven across the threads that go from top to bottom; woof 2 —compare warp2 (1) weigh /weI/ verb
1 BE A PARTICULAR WEIGHT (linking verb) to have a particular weight: Our Christmas turkey weighed 16 pounds. | How much do you weigh?
2 MEASURE THE WEIGHT (T) to use a machine to find out what something or someone weighs: Have you weighed yourself lately?
3 weigh a ton to be very heavy: These books weigh a ton!
4 CONSIDER/COMPARE (T) to consider something carefully so that you can make a decision about it: Tim weighed the alternatives in his mind. | weigh sth against sth: We have to weigh the costs of the new system against the benefits it will bring.
—see also: weigh up weigh
5 weigh your words to think very carefully about what you say because you do not want to say the wrong thing
6 INFLUENCE (intransitive always + adv/prep) formal to influence a result or decision
(+ with): Her evidence weighed quite strongly with the judge. | weigh against/in favour of: a new argument that weighed heavily in Mark's favour
7 weigh anchor to raise an anchor and sail away
weigh sb/sth down phrasal verb (transitive usually passive)
1 to make someone or something bend or feel heavy under a load: Sally was weighed down with shopping bags.
2 to feel worried about a problem or difficulty: a family weighed down with grief
weigh in phrasal verb (I)
1 to have your weight tested before taking part in a fight or a horse-race
—see also: weigh­in
2 weigh in (with) informal to add a remark to a discussion or an argument: Each member weighed in with their own opinion.
weigh on sb/sth phrasal verb (T) to make someone worried or give them problems: Yvonne's responsibilities were beginning to weigh on her. | weigh on sb's mind: I'm sure there's something weighing on his mind. | weigh heavily: responsibilities that weighed heavily on young shoulders weigh sth out phrasal verb (T) to measure an amount of something by weight: I watched as he weighed out half a pound of coffee beans and ground them up. weigh sb/sth up phrasal verb (T)
1 to consider a choice carefully so that you can make a decision: We're just weighing up the pros and cons of the two deals.
2 to form an opinion about someone by watching them, talking to them etc: I can't quite weigh Marilyn up.

Longman dictionary of contemporary English. 2004.

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  • Weft — Weft, n. [Cf. {Waif}.] A thing waved, waived, or cast away; a waif. [Obs.] A forlorn weft. Spenser. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Weft — Weft, n. [AS. weft, wefta, fr. wefan, to weave. See {Weave}.] [1913 Webster] 1. The woof of cloth; the threads that cross the warp from selvage to selvage; the thread carried by the shuttle in weaving. [1913 Webster] 2. A web; a thing woven.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • weft — [weft] n [: Old English;] the weft technical the threads in a piece of cloth that are woven across the threads that go from top to bottom = ↑woof →↑warp …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • Weft — Weft, obs. imp. & p. p. of {Wave}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Weft — das; [e]s, e <aus gleichbed. engl. weft zu altengl. wefan »weben«> Schussgarn aus harter engl. Cheviotwolle (vgl. ↑Cheviot) …   Das große Fremdwörterbuch

  • weft — [ weft ] noun singular the fibers that lie across a piece of cloth when it is woven. The fibers that run down the cloth are called the warp …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • weft — O.E. weft, wefta, from wefan to weave (see WEAVE (Cf. weave)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • weft — [weft] n. [ME < OE < base of wefan, to WEAVE] the yarns carried by the shuttle back and forth across the warp in weaving; woof; filling …   English World dictionary

  • Weft — Weft, baumwollenes Einschlaggarn …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Weft — (engl.), Einschlaggarn; auch harte Kammgarne …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • weft — /weft/, n. 1. Textiles. filling (def. 5). 2. a woven fabric or garment. [bef. 900; ME, OE; akin to WEAVE] * * * …   Universalium

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