weigh – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of weigh

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to weigh sb down
Participle: weighed sb down
Gerund: weighing sb down

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Iweigh sb down
youweigh sb down
he;she;itweighs sb down
weweigh sb down
youweigh sb down
theyweigh sb down

Perfect

Ihave weighed sb down
youhave weighed sb down
he;she;ithas weighed sb down
wehave weighed sb down
youhave weighed sb down
theyhave weighed sb down

Past

Iweighed sb down
youweighed sb down
he;she;itweighed sb down
weweighed sb down
youweighed sb down
theyweighed sb down

Pluperfect

Ihad weighed sb down
youhad weighed sb down
he;she;ithad weighed sb down
wehad weighed sb down
youhad weighed sb down
theyhad weighed sb down

Future

Iwill weigh sb down
youwill weigh sb down
he;she;itwill weigh sb down
wewill weigh sb down
youwill weigh sb down
theywill weigh sb down

Future Perfect

Iwill have weighed sb down
youwill have weighed sb down
he;she;itwill have weighed sb down
wewill have weighed sb down
youwill have weighed sb down
theywill have weighed sb down

Subjunctive

Present

Iweigh sb down
youweigh sb down
he;she;itweigh sb down
weweigh sb down
youweigh sb down
theyweigh sb down

Perfect

Ihave weighed sb down
youhave weighed sb down
he;she;ithave weighed sb down
wehave weighed sb down
youhave weighed sb down
theyhave weighed sb down

Imperfect

Iweighed sb down
youweighed sb down
he;she;itweighed sb down
weweighed sb down
youweighed sb down
theyweighed sb down

Pluperfect

Ihad weighed sb down
youhad weighed sb down
he;she;ithad weighed sb down
wehad weighed sb down
youhad weighed sb down
theyhad weighed sb down

Conditional

Present

Iwould weigh sb down
youwould weigh sb down
he;she;itwould weigh sb down
wewould weigh sb down
youwould weigh sb down
theywould weigh sb down

Perfect

Iwould have weighed sb down
youwould have weighed sb down
he;she;itwould have weighed sb down
wewould have weighed sb down
youwould have weighed sb down
theywould have weighed sb down

Imperative

youweigh sb down
weLet's weigh sb down
youweigh sb down

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam weighing sb down
youare weighing sb down
he;she;itis weighing sb down
weare weighing sb down
youare weighing sb down
theyare weighing sb down

Perfect

Ihave been weighing sb down
youhave been weighing sb down
he;she;ithas been weighing sb down
wehave been weighing sb down
youhave been weighing sb down
theyhave been weighing sb down

Past

Iwas weighing sb down
youwere weighing sb down
he;she;itwas weighing sb down
wewere weighing sb down
youwere weighing sb down
theywere weighing sb down

Pluperfect

Ihad been weighing sb down
youhad been weighing sb down
he;she;ithad been weighing sb down
wehad been weighing sb down
youhad been weighing sb down
theyhad been weighing sb down

Future

Iwill be weighing sb down
youwill be weighing sb down
he;she;itwill be weighing sb down
wewill be weighing sb down
youwill be weighing sb down
theywill be weighing sb down

Future Perfect

Iwill have been weighing sb down
youwill have been weighing sb down
he;she;itwill have been weighing sb down
wewill have been weighing sb down
youwill have been weighing sb down
theywill have been weighing sb down

Conditional

Present

Iwould be weighing sb down
youwould be weighing sb down
he;she;itwould be weighing sb down
wewould be weighing sb down
youwould be weighing sb down
theywould be weighing sb down

Perfect

Iwould have been weighing sb down
youwould have been weighing sb down
he;she;itwould have been weighing sb down
wewould have been weighing sb down
youwould have been weighing sb down
theywould have been weighing sb down

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'weigh'

abandon, abduct, abear, aberr, abject, abord, abort, abound, abraid, abray, abrook, abscind, abscond, absist, absorb, abstain, abstract, accend, accent, accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'weigh'

neigh, weight, bergh, besigh, beweigh, deign, feign, high, nigh, reign,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

balance
consider, contemplate, ponder, study, count, militate, tell

Antonyms

balance
upset, tilt, disproportion, subvert

Additional Information

Etymology

1. O.E. wegan "find the weight of, have weight, lift, carry," from P.Gmc. *weganan (cf. O.S. wegan, O.Fris. wega, Du. wegen "to weigh," O.N. vega, O.H.G. wegan "to move, carry, weigh," Ger. wiegen "to weigh"), from PIE *wegh- "to move" (cf. Skt. vahati "carries, conveys," vahitram "vessel, ship;" Avestan vazaiti "he leads, draws;" Gk. okhos "carriage;" L. vehere "to carry, convey;" O.C.S. vesti "to carry, convey;" Lith. vezu "to carry, convey;" O.Ir. fecht "campaign, journey"). The original sense was of motion, which led to that of lifting, then to that of "measure the weight of." The older sense of "lift, carry" survives in the nautical phrase weigh anchor. Fig. sense of "to consider, ponder" (in ref. to words, etc.) is recorded from 1340.
2. From Middle English weyen, from Old English wegan, from Proto-West Germanic *wegan, from Proto-Germanic *weganą (“to move, carry, weigh”), from Proto-Indo-European *wéǵʰeti, from *weǵʰ- (“to bring, transport”).
3. Cognates
4. Cognate with Scots wey, wee, Dutch wegen, German wiegen, wägen, Danish veje, Norwegian Bokmål veie, Norwegian Nynorsk vega. Doublet of wedge, wagon, way, and vector. See: Middle English 'weyen', Old English 'wegan', Proto-Germanic '*weganą', Proto-Indo-European '*wéǵʰeti', Dutch 'wegen', German, old spelling 'wiegen', Danish 'veje', Norwegian 'veie', Norwegian, nynorsk 'vega'.

Verbs referencing "weigh"

German, old spelling wiegen, German, old spelling wägen, Norwegian, nynorsk vega, Danish veje, Sanskrit वहति, Russian везти, Hindi बहना, Cimbrian béegan, Luxembourgish weien, Alemannic German weigge.

Sample Sentences

  • [...] South—to Charleston. But when I came to consider the length of time which this journey would occupy, and the premature heat of the season, which even at Washington had been often very trying; and weighed moreover, in my own mind, the pain of living in the constant contemplation of slavery, against the more than doubtful chances of my ever seeing it, in the time I had to spare, stripped of the [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • I wore a fur great-coat at that time, and before we were well clear of the wharf, he questioned me concerning it, and its price, and where I bought it, and when, and what fur it was, and what it weighed, and what it cost. Then he took notice of my watch, and asked me what that cost, and whether it was a French watch, and where I got it, and how I got it, and whether I bought it or had it [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] there is nothing to drink upon the table, but great jugs full of cold water. Nobody says anything, at any meal, to anybody. All the passengers are very dismal, and seem to have tremendous secrets weighing on their minds. There is no conversation, no laughter, no cheerfulness, no sociality, except in spitting; and that is done in silent fellowship round the stove, when the meal is over. Every man [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] laboriously from verse to verse. Fortunate for him was it that the book he was intent on was one which slow reading cannot injure,—nay, one whose words, like ingots of gold, seem often to need to be weighed separately, that the mind may take in their priceless value. Let us follow him a moment, as, pointing to each word, and pronouncing each half aloud, he reads, (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] concealments, and had as little capacity of enjoyment or light-heartedness. I never in my life did see such listless, heavy dulness as brooded over these meals: the very recollection of it weighs me down, and makes me, for the moment, wretched. Reading and writing on my knee, in our little cabin, I really dreaded the coming of the hour that summoned us to table; and was as glad to escape [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] Being myself one of the laziest of mortals, I had altogether too much fellow-feeling for the lazy; and when poor, shiftless dogs put stones at the bottom of their cotton-baskets to make them weigh heavier, or filled their sacks with dirt, with cotton at the top, it seemed so exactly like what I should do if I were they, I couldn't and wouldn't have them flogged for it. Well, of course, there [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] and piled, and she had several times put largely into Tom 's. Long after dusk, the whole weary train, with their baskets on their heads, defiled up to the building appropriated to the storing and weighing the cotton. Legree was there, busily conversing with the two drivers. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • Slowly the weary, dispirited creatures, wound their way into the room, and, with crouching reluctance, presented their baskets to be weighed. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • Tom's basket was weighed and approved; and he looked, with an anxious glance, for the success of the woman he had befriended. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)