There was a weir across the river here, but it never caught many fish.
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Weir
//wɪə̯//
Synonyms for "weir" (96 found)
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68 translations across 38 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- هَدَّار noun (adjustable dam)
Bulgarian
2 entries- прели́вник noun (adjustable dam)
- яз noun (fence to catch fish)
Catalan
1 entries- resclosa noun (adjustable dam)
Czech
1 entries- jez noun (adjustable dam)
Danish
1 entries- overløb noun (adjustable dam)
Dutch
4 entries- overlaat noun (adjustable dam)
- stuw noun (adjustable dam)
- visweer noun (fence to catch fish)
- weer noun (adjustable dam)
Esperanto
1 entries- vejro noun (adjustable dam)
Estonian
1 entries- kalatõke noun (fence to catch fish)
Finnish
3 entries- kalapato noun (fence to catch fish)
- säännöstelypato noun (adjustable dam)
- ylivuotopato noun (adjustable dam)
French
3 entries- bordigue noun (fence to catch fish)
- seuil noun (adjustable dam)
- écrille noun (fence to catch fish)
Galician
3 entries- canal noun (fence to catch fish)
- caneiro noun (fence to catch fish)
- comporta noun (adjustable dam)
German
2 entries- Fischwehr noun (fence to catch fish)
- Wehr noun (adjustable dam)
Gujarati
1 entries- આડબંધ noun (adjustable dam)
Hawaiian
1 entries- pākolokolo noun (adjustable dam)
Irish
1 entries- cora noun (adjustable dam)
Italian
2 entries- cateratta noun (adjustable dam)
- stramazzo noun (adjustable dam)
Japanese
2 entries- 堰 noun (adjustable dam)
- 梁漁 noun (fence to catch fish)
Macedonian
2 entries- далјан noun (fence to catch fish)
- каскадна брана noun (adjustable dam)
Manx
1 entries- stangey noun (adjustable dam)
Mi'kmaq
1 entries- nisaqan noun (adjustable dam)
Māori
4 entries- ahuriri noun (adjustable dam)
- ahuriri noun (fence to catch fish)
- rauiri noun (fence to catch fish)
- rauwiri noun (fence to catch fish)
Naskapi
1 entries- ᓄᑕᒧᐛᓐ noun (fence to catch fish)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- demning noun (adjustable dam)
- overløp noun (adjustable dam)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- overlaup noun (adjustable dam)
- overløp noun (adjustable dam)
Old Slovak
1 entries- jaz noun (adjustable dam)
Persian
1 entries- ورغ noun (adjustable dam)
Polish
2 entries- jaz noun (adjustable dam)
- jaz noun (fence to catch fish)
Portuguese
2 entries- caniçado noun (fence to catch fish)
- comporta noun (adjustable dam)
Russian
1 entries- водосли́в noun (adjustable dam)
Scottish Gaelic
4 entries- cairidh noun (adjustable dam)
- cairidh noun (fence to catch fish)
- eileach noun (adjustable dam)
- eileach noun (fence to catch fish)
Slovak
1 entries- hať noun (adjustable dam)
Spanish
4 entries- aliviadero noun (adjustable dam)
- compuerta noun (adjustable dam)
- corral de pesca noun (fence to catch fish)
- pesquera noun (fence to catch fish)
Swedish
1 entries- regleringsdamm noun (adjustable dam)
Thai
1 entries- ฝาย noun (adjustable dam)
Tày
1 entries- ben noun (adjustable dam)
Unami
1 entries- ahkwënikàn noun (fence to catch fish)
Vietnamese
1 entries- đăng noun (adjustable dam)
Welsh
2 entries- cored noun (adjustable dam)
- cored noun (fence to catch fish)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
Circular water currents at the base of a weir can trap people, causing them to drown.
Source: tatoeba (10614286)
The dam design includes an emergency spillway weir, to handle flood flows without risking erosion on the rest of the embankment.
Source: tatoeba (10619175)
In summing up, Judge Reginald Weir said he was critical of forensic evidence presented by the prosecution that relied heavily on a new kind of DNA testing. He also criticized the police for how they handled and stored the evidence, with possible cross-contamination.
Source: tatoeba (12210806)
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