📖 W — The English dictionary · page 10

weak — Everyday, meaning 1: Weak means not strong; not having much power or energy in your body.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Weak means easy to break or damage.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Weak describes a drink or liquid that has a lot of water and not much taste, like weak tea.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: Weak means not good at something, like a weak point.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: A weak signal, light or sound is faint.↗ Example: I felt weak after being ill.↗ · The bridge was too weak to hold the truck.↗ · This tea is too weak.↗ · My weak spot is spelling.↗ · The Wi-Fi signal is weak in the garden.↗ · A weak magnet can only pick up one paper clip.↗ · The baby bird was weak and couldn't fly.↗ · Exercise makes weak muscles stronger.↗ · The poor Dog was so weak he could not stand.↗ · And Leah's eyes were weak; but Rachel was of beautiful form and fair to look upon.↗ (Torah GEN.29.17, JPS 1917)↗ · and see the land, what it is; and the people that dwelleth therein, whether they are strong or weak, whether they are few or many; (Torah NUM.13.18, JPS 1917)↗ · A soft and hard structure, a strong and weak structure.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)↗ · Strengthen ye the weak hands, and make firm the tottering knees.↗ (Prophets ISA.35.3, JPS 1917)↗ · Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands.↗ (Writings JOB.4.3, JPS 1917)↗ · Rob not the weak, because he is weak, neither crush the poor in the gate; (Writings PRO.22.22, JPS 1917)↗

weaken — Everyday, meaning 1: To weaken means to become weaker, or to make someone or something weaker, less strong or less powerful.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To weaken can mean to start to give in or change your mind («He weakened and let us stay up late»).↗ Example: The storm weakened as it moved over land.↗ · Rust can weaken a metal bridge.↗ · Being ill for a week weakened her.↗ · Adding water weakens the squash.↗ · Mum weakened and bought us ice cream.↗ · Cracks weakened the wall, so it was unsafe.↗ · The magic potion weakened the dragon.↗ · Not sleeping enough can weaken your body.↗ · The reason for wearing these, he said, was that his eyes had been weakened by the work of many years.↗ · He weakened my strength in the way; He shortened my days.↗ (Writings PSA.102.24, JPS 1917)↗ · Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and harried them while they were building, (Writings EZR.4.4, JPS 1917)↗ · For they all would have us afraid, saying: 'Their hands shall be weakened from the work, that it be not done.'↗ But now, strengthen Thou my hands.↗ (Writings NEH.6.9, JPS 1917)↗

weakling — Everyday, meaning 1: A weakling is a person or animal with little strength, who is easily beaten or looked down on.↗ Example: Of what use can you be, weaklings as you are!↗ · The bully called him a weakling.↗ · Only a weakling gives up at the first hill.↗

weakly — Everyday, meaning 1: Weakly means without strength or energy: «he smiled weakly».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Weakly means not strongly, only a little: «the light shone weakly».↗ Example: He smiled weakly from his hospital bed.↗ · The puppy wagged its tail weakly.↗ · The torch shone weakly — the batteries were low.↗ · «I'm fine,» she said weakly.↗ · The sun shone weakly through the clouds.↗ · The baby bird chirped weakly.↗ · Lemon juice is weakly acidic.↗ · Then he turned to Geppetto and cried out weakly:↗

weakness — Everyday, meaning 1: Weakness is the state of not being strong in body: «weakness in her legs».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A weakness is a part of something or someone that is not good or strong enough: «Spelling is my weakness».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A weakness for something means you like it very much and find it hard to resist: «a weakness for chocolate».↗ Example: Spelling is my weakness, but I'm getting better.↗ · Write down your strengths and weaknesses.↗ · Kryptonite is Superman's weakness.↗ · Gran has a weakness for cake.↗ · Asking for help is not a sign of weakness.↗ · The engineer found a weakness in the wall.↗ · The illness caused weakness in his arms.↗ · It was not long, however, before he had cause to regret his weakness.↗ · The [33] seven double letters, בגד כפרת with a duplicity of pronunciation, aspirated and unaspirated, namely: ,תּת ,רּר ,פּפ ,כּכ ,דּד ,גּג ,בּב serve as a model of softness and hardness, strength and weakness.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗ · And I say: 'This is my weakness, that the right hand of the Most High could change.↗ (Writings PSA.77.11, JPS 1917)↗

weal — Everyday, meaning 1: A weal is a raised red or purple mark on the skin, left by a blow from a whip or stick.↗ Example: He beat her till she was marked with weals.↗ · The whip left a red weal on his back.↗ · She had weals on her arm after the fall.↗

wealth — Everyday, meaning 1: Wealth is a large amount of money, property and things worth a lot; being rich.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A wealth of something is a large amount of it: a wealth of information, a wealth of ideas.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Wealth can also mean a great amount of good things in life, such as blessings, not just money.↗ Example: The king had great wealth: gold, jewels and castles.↗ · The library has a wealth of books about animals.↗ · Some people believe health is more important than wealth.↗ · The merchant built his wealth by trading spices.↗ · The country's wealth comes from its oil.↗ · Grandad has a wealth of stories about the old days.↗ · and thou say in thy heart: 'My power and the might of my hand hath gotten me this wealth.'↗ (Torah DEU.8.17, JPS 1917)↗ · and all their wealth, and all their little ones and their wives, took they captive and spoiled, even all that was in the house.↗ (Torah GEN.34.29, JPS 1917)↗ · And he heard the words of Laban's sons, saying: 'Jacob hath taken away all that was our father's; and of that which was our father's hath he gotten all this wealth.'↗ (Torah GEN.31.1, JPS 1917)↗ · His children shall appease the poor, and his hands shall restore his wealth.↗ (Writings JOB.20.10, JPS 1917)↗ · Wealth and riches are in his house; and his merit endureth for ever.↗ (Writings PSA.112.3, JPS 1917)↗ · If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because my hand had gotten much; (Writings JOB.31.25, JPS 1917)↗

wealthy — Everyday, meaning 1: Having a lot of money and property; rich.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: «The wealthy» means rich people as a group.↗ Example: A wealthy merchant built the big house on the hill.↗ · The wealthy often pay more tax.↗ · She became wealthy by selling her paintings.↗ · Being wealthy doesn't always make people happy.↗ · The wealthy king gave gold to the poor.↗ · They lived in a wealthy part of town.↗

wean — Everyday, meaning 1: To wean a baby or young animal is to slowly stop feeding it only on its mother's milk and start giving it other food.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To wean someone off something is to help them slowly stop needing or using it («wean off sugar», «wean off screens»).↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (Scotland, dialect) A wean is a small child.↗ Example: Puppies are weaned at about eight weeks.↗ · Mum is weaning the baby onto mashed carrots.↗ · Lambs are weaned from their mothers in summer.↗ · I am trying to wean myself off fizzy drinks.↗ · The doctor weaned him off the medicine slowly.↗ · (Scotland) Get the weans ready for school!↗ · The calf was weaned and moved to the field.↗ · And the child grew, and was weaned.↗ (Torah GEN.21.8, JPS 1917)↗ · And Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned.↗ (Torah GEN.21.8, JPS 1917)↗ · Now when she had weaned Lo-ruhamah, she conceived, and bore a son.↗ (Prophets HOS.1.8, JPS 1917)↗ · Them that are weaned from the milk, them that are drawn from the breasts?↗ (Prophets ISA.28.9, JPS 1917)↗ · Surely I have stilled and quieted my soul; like a weaned child with his mother; my soul is with me like a weaned child.↗ (Writings PSA.131.2, JPS 1917)↗

weaning — Everyday, meaning 1: Slowly getting a baby or a young animal used to eating food instead of drinking only its mother's milk (or formula).↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Slowly helping someone to give up something they depend on or are used to.↗ e.g. "weaning him off sweets".↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (Scotland, noun "wean") A child; this is a different, Scots word.↗ Example: The piglets are weaning now and eating from the trough.↗ · Weaning a baby starts with soft, mashed food.↗ · My baby sister was weaned onto mashed banana.↗ · Puppies finish weaning at about eight weeks old.↗ · Dad is weaning himself off sugar in his tea.↗ · Mum is weaning us off screens before bedtime.↗

weapon — Everyday, meaning 1: A weapon is something used to hurt or attack, or to defend in a fight, such as a sword, gun, knife or bomb.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Anything used to win against something can be called a weapon: her smile was her secret weapon.↗ Example: Knights carried swords and shields as weapons.↗ · The Romans used spears and short swords.↗ · A porcupine's quills are its weapon.↗ · Weapons are not allowed in school.↗ · If you find a gun, don't touch it — tell an adult.↗ · Our goalkeeper is the team's secret weapon.↗ · Stone Age people made weapons from flint.↗ · The centipede was invulnerable to weapons!↗ · Simeon and Levi are brethren; weapons of violence their kinship.↗ (Torah GEN.49.5, JPS 1917)↗ · Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me venison; (Torah GEN.27.3, JPS 1917)↗ · Or if he smote him with a weapon of wood in the hand, whereby a man may die, and he died, he is a murderer; the murderer shall surely be put to death.↗ (Torah NUM.35.18, JPS 1917)↗ · How are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished!↗ (Prophets 2SA.1.27, JPS 1917)↗ · Wisdom is better than weapons of war; but one sinner destroyeth much good.↗ (Writings ECC.9.18, JPS 1917)↗ · If he flee from the iron weapon, the bow of brass shall strike him through.↗ (Writings JOB.20.24, JPS 1917)↗

wear — Everyday, meaning 1: To wear means to have clothes, shoes, glasses or jewellery on your body.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To wear your hair a way means to have it that way.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To wear out, or wear away, means to become thin, old or broken from use.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: Wear (noun) is clothes of one kind, like «sportswear», or damage from long use.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: To wear can also mean to have a title, name or look, not just clothes.↗ Example: 12 children wear glasses.↗ · She wears a new dress.↗ · How many are not wearing hats?↗ · Each player wears 2 socks.↗ · Always wear a helmet when you ride your bike.↗ · In Australia kids wear hats at school to stay safe from the sun.↗ · My trainers are worn out.↗ · The waves wear away the cliffs.↗ · He wears the title of the eldest son.↗ · Thou shalt not wear a mingled stuff, wool and linen together.↗ (Torah DEU.22.11, JPS 1917)↗ · Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou, and this people that is with thee; for the thing is too heavy for thee; thou art not able to perform it thyself alone.↗ (Torah EXO.18.18, JPS 1917)↗ · A woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman's garment; for whosoever doeth these things is an abomination unto the LORD thy God.↗ (Torah DEU.22.5, JPS 1917)↗ · The waters wear the stones; the overflowings thereof wash away the dust of the earth; so Thou destroyest the hope of man.↗ (Writings JOB.14.19, JPS 1917)↗ · and Ahijah, the son of Ahitub, Ichabod's brother, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, the priest of the LORD in Shiloh, wearing an ephod.↗ (Prophets 1SA.14.3, JPS 1917)↗ · let royal apparel be brought which the king useth to wear, and the horse that the king rideth upon, and on whose head a crown royal is set; (Writings EST.6.8, JPS 1917)↗

wearied — Everyday, meaning 1: To weary is to make someone tired, or to become tired.↗ «Wearied» is the past form: it was tired and worn out.↗ Example: Oh, how tender and wearied her little feet were!↗ · Long she sat, and aye she wept, till she wearied.↗ · The walkers wearied after twenty miles.↗ · And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great; so that they wearied themselves to find the door.↗ (Torah GEN.19.11, JPS 1917)↗ · And wherein have I wearied thee?↗ (Prophets MIC.6.3, JPS 1917)↗ · Ye have wearied the LORD with your words.↗ (Prophets MAL.2.17, JPS 1917)↗ · I have not burdened thee with a meal-offering, nor wearied thee with frankincense.↗ (Prophets ISA.43.23, JPS 1917)↗

wearily — Everyday, meaning 1: Wearily means in a tired way, with little energy.↗ Example: Akela raised his old head wearily.↗ · Her tired limbs required rest, and she sank down wearily.↗ · «This is no place for me,» said Pinocchio wearily.↗

weariness — Everyday, meaning 1: Weariness is the feeling of being very tired and worn out.↗ Example: Weariness crept into my limbs.↗ · A weariness took possession of her.↗ · The Hunter slept off his weariness.↗ · All things toil to weariness; man cannot utter it, the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.↗ (Writings ECC.1.8, JPS 1917)↗ · And furthermore, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.↗ (Writings ECC.12.12, JPS 1917)↗

wearisome — Everyday, meaning 1: Making you feel tired, bored or fed up, especially because it goes on too long.↗ Example: The long walk home in the rain was wearisome.↗ · Copying out the same sentence twenty times was a wearisome task.↗ · The knight began his wearisome journey across the mountains.↗ · His endless complaining became wearisome.↗ · Waiting in the queue all afternoon was wearisome for everyone.↗ · The old woman found the stairs wearisome.↗ · Never, never before, did I have such a wearisome task!↗ · And when I pondered how I might know this, it was wearisome in mine eyes; (Writings PSA.73.16, JPS 1917)↗ · So am I made to possess — months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.↗ (Writings JOB.7.3, JPS 1917)↗