weighing

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.

The process by which something is weighed.

“She took her baby to the clinic for regular weighings.”

That weighs or burdens.