INDEX:
1. ways of saying how heavy something or someone is
2. to measure how much something or someone weighs
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1. ways of saying how heavy something or someone is
▷ weigh /weɪ/ [verb not in progressive]
▪ How much do you weigh, Diane?
▪ At all ages, men weigh more than women.
weigh 20 lbs/2 tonnes/3.5 kilos etc
▪ I weigh eight stone now, exactly.
▪ I’ve never seen anything like it -- some of those cabbages must have weighed 8 pounds at least.
weigh a ton
informal be very heavy
▪ It’ll take two of us to get it out of the car, it weighs a ton!
▷ weight /weɪt/ [uncountable noun]
the amount that someone or something weighs :
▪ Your weight is about right for someone of your height.
▪ Top quality hams range in weight from eight to eighteen pounds.
weight of
▪ The cost of postage depends on the weight of the package
12 tonnes/3 kilos/2 pounds etc in weight
▪ The average sperm whale is 72 feet long and about 90 tons in weight.
gain/put on weight
become heavier than you were before
▪ It’s true, people who stop smoking do tend to gain weight.
▪ I think he looks better now that he’s put on some weight.
lose weight
become less heavy than you were before
▪ I’ve been trying to lose weight for over a year now.
weight loss
when someone begins to weigh less than they did before
▪ Sudden or unexplained weight loss may be an early indication of health problems.
birth weight
what a baby weighs when it is born -- used in technical contexts
▪ Twins and triplets are expected to have lower birth weights than single infants.
▷ be 5 kilos/10 pounds etc /biː ˌfaɪv ˈkiːləʊz/ [verb phrase]
to weigh 5 kilos, 10 pounds etc :
▪ Sandra’s baby was only 4lb 7oz when it was born.
▪ If the parcel is over 2 kilos, you have to pay 50p more.
▷ how heavy /ˌhaʊ ˈhevi/ [adjective phrase]
use this to ask or say how much something weighs, especially something that is very heavy :
▪ How heavy is the average small car?
▪ I didn’t realise how heavy each brick was until I tried to pick one up.
▪ You’d be surprised how heavy these sacks are.
▷ weigh in at /ˌweɪ ˈɪn æt/ [verb]
if a sports person weighs in at a particular weight, that is what they weigh just before a sports event :
weigh in at 250 pounds/80 kilos etc
▪ The champion weighed in at 225 pounds before his last fight.
2. to measure how much something or someone weighs
▷ weigh /weɪ/ [transitive verb]
to measure the weight of a person or thing :
▪ You have to weigh the sugar exactly when you make wine.
▪ a special machine that weighs each truck and its cargo
weigh yourself/himself etc
▪ Have you weighed yourself lately?