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unweighs

unweighs is the third-person singular simple present indicative of unweigh.

Meaning of unweigh

Verb

unweigh (third-person singular simple present unweighs, present participle unweighing, simple past and past participle unweighed)

  1. (transitive) To shift weight off of or to have the weight shifted off of.
    • Unweigh your stopping foot and turn it to an angle on the ice to produce a skid, and thus a stop.1996, Karin Künzle-Watson, Stephen J. DeArmond, Ice Skating: Steps to Success, page 56
  2. (transitive) To lift (an anchor) so that it no longer holds something in place.
    • He gave the order to unweigh the anchor.2018, Richard H. Stephens, Soul Forge, page 255
  3. (transitive) To relieve from a burden.
    • Alaska would get more money and the oil companies would get more money, but I am quite sure the Japanese are not going to unweigh the system.1979, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade, Extension and Revision of the Export Administration Act of 1969, page 93
  4. (transitive) To discount from serious consideration.
    • I arrived at that conclusion because I considered that this thing was inaugurated by men like the honorable member for South Bourke (Mr. Crews), who had not properly weighed their own convictions, or who, having weighed them, were willing to unweigh them on certain considerations.1869, Victoria. Parliament, Parliamentary Debates - Volume 9, page 1922

Questions about unweighs

What is unweighs the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Unweighs is the third-person singular simple present indicative of unweigh.

Words near unweighs in the dictionary

  1. unweetingly
  2. unweigh
  3. unweighable
  4. unweighed
  5. unweighing
  6. unweighs
  7. unweight
  8. unweighted
  9. unweighting
  10. unweights
  11. unweighty

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