Meaning

• To determine the weight of an object.

• Often with "out", to measure a certain amount of something by its weight, e.g. for sale.

  "He weighed out two kilos of oranges for a client."

• To determine the intrinsic value or merit of an object, to evaluate.

  "You have been weighed in the balance and found wanting."

• To judge; to estimate.

• To consider a subject.

• To have a certain weight.

  "I weigh ten and a half stone."

• To have weight; to be heavy; to press down.

• To be considered as important; to have weight in the intellectual balance.

• To raise an anchor free of the seabed.

• To weigh anchor.

• To bear up; to raise; to lift into the air; to swing up.

• To consider as worthy of notice; to regard.