Under-weigh
Idioms
1.
under weigh, Nautical. in motion; under way.
verb
1.
(transitive) to measure the weight of
2.
(intransitive) to have weight or be heavy: she weighs more than her sister
3.
(transitive) often foll by out. to apportion according to weight
4.
(transitive) to consider carefully: to weigh the facts of a case
5.
(intransitive) to be influential: his words weighed little with the jury
6.
(intransitive) often foll by on. to be oppressive or burdensome (to)
7.
(obsolete) to regard or esteem
8.
weigh anchor, to raise a vessel’s anchor or (of a vessel) to have its anchor raised preparatory to departure
noun
1.
under weigh, a variant spelling of under way
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