0 present participle of weigh --
1 to have a heaviness of a stated amount, or to measure the heaviness of an object: --
2 (of something such as a fact or an event) to have an influence or be important: --
3 to carefully consider, especially by comparing facts or possibilities, in order to make a decision: --
4 to lift the anchor (= a heavy metal object) of a ship from under the water so that it can move freely --
An infant born weighing less than 250 kg is considered to be a low birth weight infant.
With 40 chapters and over 1,000 pages, and weighing in at about a kilo, this is a big book.
The stents were placed under general anesthesia in piglets (n=7) 1-3 days old, weighing 1.4-2.25 kg via a cutdown in the neck.
All patients were term infants weighing 2800-3560 gm who were referred to our institution for treatment of pulmonary hypertension.
At autopsy, the heart was enlarged, weighing 620 grams.
At that time, a male infant weighing 2.3 kg was delivered by cesarian section.
In altruism, the agent is weighing costs and benefit vis-à-vis someone else who is passive.
Suggesting that the four attributes should be considered when weighing the purported advantage of one drug over another.