Unweigh
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To shift weight off of or to have the weight shifted off of. transitive
"Unweigh your stopping foot and turn it to an angle on the ice to produce a skid, and thus a stop."
- 2 To lift (an anchor) so that it no longer holds something in place. transitive
"He gave the order to unweigh the anchor."
- 3 To relieve from a burden. transitive
"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."
- 4 To discount from serious consideration. transitive
"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."
Example
More examples"Unweigh your stopping foot and turn it to an angle on the ice to produce a skid, and thus a stop."
Etymology
From un- + weigh.