Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter W - Page 15
Weak-minded (a.) Having a weak mind, either naturally or by reason of disease; feebleminded; foolish; idiotic. -- Weak"-mind`ed*ness, n.
Weakness (n.) The quality or state of being weak; want of strength or firmness; lack of vigor; want of resolution or of moral strength; feebleness.
Weakness (n.) That which is a mark of lack of strength or resolution; a fault; a defect.
Many take pleasure in spreading abroad the weakness of an exalted character. -- Spectator.
Syn: Feebleness; debility; languor; imbecility; infirmness; infirmity; decrepitude; frailty; faintness.
Weakness (n.) A flaw or weak point; "he was quick to point out his wife's failings" [syn: failing, weakness].
Weakness (n.) Powerlessness revealed by an inability to act; "in spite of their weakness the group remains active" [syn: helplessness, weakness, impuissance].
Weakness (n.) The property of lacking physical or mental strength; liability to failure under pressure or stress or strain; "his weakness increased as he became older"; "the weakness of the span was overlooked until it collapsed" [ant: strength].
Weakness (n.) The condition of being financially weak; "the weakness of the dollar against the yen" [ant: strength].
Weakness (n.) A penchant for something even though it might not be good for you; "he has a weakness for chocolate."
Weal (v. t.) To promote the weal of; to cause to be prosperous. [Obs.] -- Beau. & Fl.
Weal (n.) The mark of a stripe. See Wale.
Weal (v. t.) To mark with stripes. See Wale.
Weal (n.) A sound, healthy, or prosperous state of a person or thing; prosperity; happiness; welfare.
God . . . grant you wele and prosperity. -- Chaucer.
As we love the weal of our souls and bodies. -- Bacon.
To him linked in weal or woe. -- Milton.
Never was there a time when it more concerned the public weal that the character of the Parliament should stand high. -- Macaulay.
Weal (n.) The body politic; the state; common wealth. [Obs.]
The special watchmen of our English weal. -- Shak.
Weal (n.) 鞭痕，（棒打的）傷痕 [C] A raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip); characteristic of many allergic reactions [syn: wale, welt, weal, wheal].
Weal-balanced (a.) Balanced or considered with reference to public weal.
Weald (n.) A wood or forest; a wooded land or region; also, an open country; -- often used in place names.
Wealden (a.) Of or pertaining to the lowest division of the Cretaceous formation in England and on the Continent, which overlies the Oolitic series.
Wealden (n.) The Wealden group or strata.
Wealdish (a.) Of or pertaining to
a weald, esp. to the weald in the
Wealful (a.) Weleful.
Wealsmen (n. pl. ) of Wealsman.
Wealsman (n.) A statesman; a politician.
Wealth (n.) Weal; welfare; prosperity; good.
Wealth (n.) Large possessions; a comparative abundance of things which are objects of human desire; esp., abundance of worldly estate; affluence; opulence; riches.
Wealthful (a.) Full of wealth; wealthy; prosperous.
Wealthily (adv.) In a wealthy manner; richly.
Wealthiness (n.) The quality or state of being wealthy, or rich; richness; opulence.
Wealthy (a.) Having wealth; having large possessions, or larger than most men, as lands, goods, money, or securities; opulent; affluent; rich.
Wealthy (a.) Hence, ample; full; satisfactory; abundant.
Weaned (imp. & p. p.) of Wean.
Weaning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wean.
Wean (a.) To accustom and reconcile, as a child or other young animal, to a want or deprivation of mother's milk; to take from the breast or udder; to cause to cease to depend on the mother nourishment.
Wean (a.) Hence, to detach or alienate the affections of, from any object of desire; to reconcile to the want or loss of anything.
Wean (n.) A weanling; a young child.
Weanedness (n.) Quality or state of being weaned.
Weanel (n.) A weanling.
Weanling () a. & n. from Wean, v.
Weanling (n.) A child or animal newly weaned; a wean.
Weanling (a.) Recently weaned.
Weapon (n.) An instrument of offensive of defensive combat; something to fight with; anything used, or designed to be used, in destroying, defeating, or injuring an enemy, as a gun, a sword, etc.
Weapon (n.) Fig.: The means or instrument with which one contends against another; as, argument was his only weapon.
Weapon (n.) A thorn, prickle, or sting with which many plants are furnished.
Weapon (n.) [ C ] 武器，兵器；兇器 (B2) Any object used in fighting or war, such as a gun, bomb, knife, etc.
// A lethal weapon.
// Chemical/ nuclear/ biological weapons.
// The youths were dragged from their car and searched for weapons.
Weaponed (a.) Furnished with weapons, or arms; armed; equipped.
Weaponless (a.) Having no weapon.
Weaponry (n.) Weapons, collectively; as, an array of weaponry.
Wear (n.) The act of wearing, or the state of being worn; consumption by use; diminution by friction; as, the wear of a garment.
Wear (n.) The thing worn; style of dress; the fashion.
Motley 's the only wear. -- Shak.
Wear (n.) The result of wearing or use; consumption, diminution, or impairment due to use, friction, or the like; as, the wear of this coat has been good.
Wear and tear, The loss by wearing, as of machinery in use; the loss or injury to which anything is subjected by use, accident, etc.
Wear (v. i.) To endure or suffer use; to last under employment; to bear the consequences of use, as waste, consumption, or attrition; as, a coat wears well or ill; -- hence, sometimes applied to character, qualifications, etc.; as, a man wears well as an acquaintance.
Wear (v. i.) To be wasted, consumed, or diminished, by being used; to suffer injury, loss, or extinction by use or time; to decay, or be spent, gradually. "Thus wore out night." -- Milton.
Away, I say; time wears. -- Shak.
Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou and this people that is with thee. -- Ex. xviii. 18.
His stock of money began to wear very low. -- Sir W. Scott.
The family . . . wore out in the earlier part of the century. -- Beaconsfield.
To wear off, To pass away by degrees; as, the follies of youth wear off with age.
To wear on, To pass on; as, time wears on. -- G. Eliot.
To wear weary, To become weary, as by wear, long occupation, tedious employment, etc.
Compare: Weir
Weir, Wear (n.) A dam in a river to stop and raise the water, for the purpose of conducting it to a mill, forming a fish pond, or the like.
Weir, Wear (n.) A fence of stakes, brushwood, or the like, set in a stream, tideway, or inlet of the sea, for taking fish.
Weir, Wear (n.) A long notch with a horizontal edge, as in the top of a vertical plate or plank, through which water flows, -- used in measuring the quantity of flowing water.
Wear (n.) Same as Weir.
Wear (v. t.) (Naut.) To cause to go about, as a vessel, by putting the helm up, instead of alee as in tacking, so that the vessel's bow is turned away from, and her stern is presented to, the wind, and, as she turns still farther, her sails fill on the other side; to veer.
Wore (imp.) of Wear.
Worn (p. p.) of Wear.
Wearing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wear.
Weared (imp. & p. p.) of Wear.
Wear (v. t.) To carry or bear upon the person; to bear upon one's self, as an article of clothing, decoration, warfare, bondage, etc.; to have appendant to one's body; to have on; as, to wear a coat; to wear a shackle.
What compass will you wear your farthingale? -- Shak.
On her white breast a sparkling cross she wore, Which Jews might kiss, and infidels adore. -- Pope.
Wear (v. t.) To have or exhibit an appearance of, as an aspect or manner; to bear; as, she wears a smile on her countenance. "He wears the rose of youth upon him." -- Shak.
His innocent gestures wear A meaning half divine. -- Keble.
Wear (v. t.) To use up by carrying or having upon one's self; hence, to consume by use; to waste; to use up; as, to wear clothes rapidly.
Wear (v. t.) To impair, waste, or diminish, by continual attrition, scraping, percussion, on the like; to consume gradually; to cause to lower or disappear; to spend.
That wicked wight his days doth wear. -- Spenser.
The waters wear the stones. -- Job xiv. 19.
Wear (v. t.) To cause or make by friction or wasting; as, to wear a channel; to wear a hole.
Wear (v. t.) To form or shape by, or as by, attrition.
Trials wear us into a liking of what, possibly, in the first essay, displeased us. -- Locke.
To wear away, To consume; to impair, diminish, or destroy, by gradual attrition or decay.
To wear off, To diminish or remove by attrition or slow decay; as, to wear off the nap of cloth.
To wear on or To wear upon, To wear. [Obs.] "[I] weared upon my gay scarlet gites [gowns.]" -- Chaucer.
To wear out. (a) To consume, or render useless, by attrition or decay; as, to wear out a coat or a book.
To wear out. (b) To consume tediously. "To wear out miserable days." -- Milton.
To wear out. (c) To harass; to tire. "[He] shall wear out the saints of the Most High." -- Dan vii. 25.
To wear out. (d) To waste the strength of; as, an old man worn out in military service.
To wear the breeches. See under Breeches. [Colloq.]
Wear (n.) Impairment resulting from long use; "the tires showed uneven wear."
Wear (n.) A covering designed to be worn on a person's body [syn: clothing, article of clothing, vesture, wear, wearable, habiliment].
Wear (n.) The act of having on your person as a covering or adornment; "she bought it for everyday wear" [syn: wear, wearing].
Wear (v.) Be dressed in; "She was wearing yellow that day" [syn: wear, have on].
Wear (v.) Have on one's person; "He wore a red ribbon"; "bear a scar" [syn: wear, bear].
Wear (v.) Have in one's aspect; wear an expression of one's attitude or personality; "He always wears a smile."
Wear (v.) Deteriorate through use or stress; "The constant friction wore out the cloth" [syn: wear, wear off, wear out, wear down, wear thin].
Wear (v.) Have or show an appearance of; "wear one's hair in a certain way."
Wear (v.) Last and be usable; "This dress wore well for almost ten years" [syn: wear, hold out, endure].
Wear (v.) Go to pieces; "The lawn mower finally broke"; "The gears wore out"; "The old chair finally fell apart completely" [syn: break, wear, wear out, bust, fall apart].
Wear (v.) Exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress; "We wore ourselves out on this hike" [syn: tire, wear upon, tire out, wear, weary, jade, wear out, outwear, wear down, fag out, fag, fatigue] [ant: freshen, refresh, refreshen].
Wear (v.) Put clothing on one's body; "What should I wear today?"; "He put on his best suit for the wedding"; "The princess donned a long blue dress"; "The queen assumed the stately robes"; "He got into his jeans" [syn: wear, put on, get into, don, assume].
Wear. () A great dam made across a river, accommodated for the taking of fish, or to convey a stream to a mill. Jacob's Law Dict. h.t. Vide Dam.
Wear (v.) wore, worn (On body) (A1) [ T ] 穿（衣服）；戴（首飾等） To have clothing, jewellery, etc. on your body.
// Tracey is wearing a simple black dress.
// What are you wearing to Caroline's wedding?
// Some musicians don't like to wear rings when they're playing.
// He wears glasses for reading.
// She wears very little make-up.
Wear (v.) (C2) [ T ] 流露，面帶（某種表情） To show a particular emotion on your face.
// The politician wore a confident smile throughout the interview.
Wear (v.) B2 [ T ] 把（頭髮）梳成（某種髮型） To arrange your hair in a particular way.
// When she's working she wears her hair in a ponytail.
// You should wear your hair up (= so that it does not hang down) more often - it suits you.
Wear (v.) (Weaken) [ I ] 磨損；耗損；用舊 To become weaker, damaged, or thinner because of continuous use.
// I really like this shirt but it's starting to wear at the collar.
// The wheel bearings have worn over the years, which is what's causing the noise.
Wear (v.) (Weaken) [ T usually + adv/prep ] 磨破；磨出（洞等） To produce something such as a hole or loss of material by continuous use, rubbing, or movement.
// I always seem to wear a hole in the left elbow of my sweaters.
// Over many years, flowing water wore deep grooves into the rock.
// Wind and water slowly wore down the mountain's jagged edges.
Wear (v.) (Allow) [ T ] (UK old-fashioned informal) 允許；接受 To allow or accept something.
// I'd ask my boss for some time off but I don't think she'd wear it.
Idiom: Wear your heart on your sleeve
Wear your heart on your sleeve 流露（自己的）情感 To make your feelings and emotions obvious rather than hiding them
Idiom: Wear the trousers
Wear the trousers (UK US wear the pants informal) (especially of a woman) （尤指女性）掌權當家，佔主導地位 To be the person in a relationship who is in control and who makes decisions for both people.
// Blake may seem bossy, but it's Lisa that really wears the trousers in that relationship.
Idiom: Wear thin
Wear thin (Informal) (C2) 逐漸失去耐性 If your patience wears thin, you become less and less patient.
// I've warned you several times about being late and my patience is wearing thin.
Wear thin (Informal) (C2) （因出現太多而）失去吸引力（或趣味），不再有效 If something such as a joke wears thin, it becomes boring or annoying or stops being funny or effective, because it has been seen, heard, or used too much.
// Tony, the joke is beginning to wear thin now - it's time to stop.
Her standard excuse for being late was beginning to wear thin.
Phrasal verb: Wear (sth) away
Wear (sth) away (- phrasal verb with wear verb wore, worn) （使）磨損，磨掉 To become thin and disappear after repeated use or rubbing, or to cause something to become thin and disappear in this way.
// In some diseases, the protective layer in a joint wears away.
Phrasal verb: Wear sb down
Wear sb down (- phrasal verb with wear verb wore, worn) 使（某人）精疲力竭；磨垮（某人） To make someone feel tired and less able to deal successfully with a situation.
// Both sides are trying to wear the other down by being obstinate in the negotiations.
// All the stress and extra travel is beginning to wear him down.
Phrasal verb: Wear off
Wear off (- phrasal verb with wear uk verb wore, worn) (B2) 逐漸消失；消逝 If a feeling or the effect of something wears off, it gradually disappears.
// Most patients find that the numbness from the injection wears off after about an hour.
Phrasal verb: Wear on
Wear on (- phrasal verb with wear uk verb wore, worn) （時間）慢慢過去，沉悶地過去 If a period of time wears on, it seems to pass very slowly.
// She felt less confident about finishing the work as the week wore on.
Phrasal verb: Wear sb out
Wear sb out (- phrasal verb with wear uk verb wore, word) (B2) 使（某人）筋疲力盡 To make someone extremely tired.
// Walking around a museum all day really wears you out.
Phrasal verb: Wear (sth) out
Wear (sth) out (- phrasal verb with wear uk verb wore, worn) (B1) 用壞；磨壞 To use something so much that it is damaged and cannot be used any more, or to become damaged in this way.
// Moving parts in engines wear out much more quickly than stationary parts.
Wearable (a.) 可以穿戴的；耐穿的；耐用的 Capable of being worn; suitable to be worn.
Wearable (a.) Suitable for wear or able to be worn; "wearable evening clothes"; "a wearable hearing aid" [ant: unwearable].
Wearable (n.) 常複數）衣服 A covering designed to be worn on a person's body [syn: clothing, article of clothing, vesture, wear, wearable, habiliment].
Wearer (n.) 穿戴者 One who wears or carries as appendant to the body; as, the wearer of a cloak, a sword, a crown, a shackle, etc.
Wearer (n.) That which wastes or diminishes.
Weariable (a.) That may be wearied.
Weariful (a.) Abounding in qualities which cause weariness; wearisome.
Weariless (a.) Incapable of being wearied.
Wearily (adv.) In a weary manner.
Weariness (n.) 疲倦，厭倦，疲勞 The quality or state of being weary or tried; lassitude; exhaustion of strength; fatigue.
Weariness (n.) Temporary loss of strength and energy resulting from hard physical or mental work; "he was hospitalized for extreme fatigue"; "growing fatigue was apparent from the decline in the execution of their athletic skills"; "weariness overcame her after twelve hours and she fell asleep" [syn: {fatigue}, {weariness}, {tiredness}].
Wearing (n.) The act of one who wears; the manner in which a thing wears; use; conduct; consumption.
Wearing (n.) That which is worn; clothes; garments.
Wearing (a.) 穿用的，使疲憊的，磨損的 Pertaining to, or designed for, wear; as, wearing apparel.
Wearing (a.) Producing exhaustion; "an exhausting march"; "the visit was especially wearing" [syn: {exhausting}, {tiring}, {wearing}, {wearying}].
Wearing (n.) (geology) The mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it) [syn: {erosion}, {eroding}, {eating away}, {wearing}, {wearing away}].
Wearing (n.) The act of having on your person as a covering or adornment; "she bought it for everyday wear" [syn: {wear}, {wearing}].
Wearing (a.) 令人疲倦的，累人的 Making you feel tired.
// Looking after three children all day is very wearing.
Wearish (a.) Weak; withered; shrunk.
Wearish (a.) Insipid; tasteless; unsavory.
Wearisome (a.) 使疲倦的，使厭倦的，厭煩的 Causing weariness; tiresome; tedious; weariful; as, a wearisome march; a wearisome day's work; a wearisome book.
Wearisome (a.) So lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness; "a boring evening with uninteresting people"; "the deadening effect of some routine tasks"; "a dull play"; "his competent but dull performance"; "a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention"; "what an irksome task the writing of long letters is"- Edmund Burke; "tedious days on the train"; "the tiresome chirping of a cricket"- Mark Twain; "other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome" [syn: {boring}, {deadening}, {dull}, {ho-hum}, {irksome}, {slow}, {tedious}, {tiresome}, {wearisome}].
Weary (a.) 疲倦的，萎靡的，厭倦的，厭煩的 Having the strength exhausted by toil or exertion; worn out in respect to strength, endurance, etc.; tired; fatigued.
Weary (a.) Causing weariness; tiresome.
Weary (a.) Having one's patience, relish, or contentment exhausted; tired; sick; -- with of before the cause; as, weary of marching, or of confinement; weary of study.
Wearied (imp. & p. p.) of Weary.
Wearying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Weary.
Weary (v. t.) 使疲倦，使厭煩 To reduce or exhaust the physical strength or endurance of; to tire; to fatigue; as, to weary one's self with labor or traveling.
Weary (v. t.) To make weary of anything; to exhaust the patience of, as by continuance.
Weary (v. t.) To harass by anything irksome.
Weary (v. i.) 疲乏，生厭，不耐煩 To grow tired; to become exhausted or impatient; as, to weary of an undertaking.
Weary (a.) Physically and mentally fatigued; "`aweary' is archaic" [syn: {aweary}, {weary}].
Weary (v.) Exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress; "We wore ourselves out on this hike" [syn: {tire}, {wear upon}, {tire out}, {wear}, {weary}, {jade}, {wear out}, {outwear}, {wear down}, {fag out}, {fag}, {fatigue}] [ant: {freshen}, {refresh}, {refreshen}].
Weary (v.) Lose interest or become bored with something or somebody; "I'm so tired of your mother and her complaints about my food" [syn: {tire}, {pall}, {weary}, {fatigue}, {jade}].
Weasand (n.) The windpipe; -- called also, formerly, wesil.
Weasel (n.) Any one of various species of small carnivores belonging to the genus Putorius, as the ermine and ferret. They have a slender, elongated body, and are noted for the quickness of their movements and for their bloodthirsty habit in destroying poultry, rats, etc. The ermine and some other species are brown in summer, and turn white in winter; others are brown at all seasons.
Weasel-faced (a.) Having a thin, sharp face, like a weasel.
Weaser (n.) The American merganser; -- called also weaser sheldrake.
Weasiness (n.) Quality or state of being weasy; full feeding; sensual indulgence.
Weasy (a.) Given to sensual indulgence; gluttonous.
Weather (n.) 天氣 [U]；惡劣天氣，暴風雨；自然力 [U] The state of the air or atmosphere with respect to heat or cold, wetness or dryness, calm or storm, clearness or cloudiness, or any other meteorological phenomena; meteorological condition of the atmosphere; as, warm weather; cold weather; wet weather; dry weather, etc.
Weather (n.) Vicissitude of season; meteorological change; alternation of the state of the air.
Weather (n.) Storm; tempest.
Weather (n.) A light rain; a shower.
Weathered (imp. & p. p.) of Weather.
Weathering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Weather.
Weather (v. t.) 平安度過（暴風雨）；經受住；使受日曬雨淋；使風化 To expose to the air; to air; to season by exposure to air.
Weather (v. t.) Hence, to sustain the trying effect of; to bear up against and overcome; to sustain; to endure; to resist; as, to weather the storm.
Weather (v. t.) To sail or pass to the windward of; as, to weather a cape; to weather another ship.
Weather (v. t.) To place (a hawk) unhooded in the open air.
Weather (v. i.) 風化；褪色；損壞 To undergo or endure the action of the atmosphere; to suffer meteorological influences; sometimes, to wear away, or alter, under atmospheric influences; to suffer waste by weather.
Weather (a.) 【海】上風的，迎風的 Being toward the wind, or windward -- opposed to lee; as, weather bow, weather braces, weather gauge, weather lifts, weather quarter, weather shrouds, etc.
Weather-beaten (a.) Beaten or harassed by the weather; worn by exposure to the weather, especially to severe weather.
Weather-bit (n.) A turn of the cable about the end of the windlass, without the bits.
Weatherbit (v. t.) To take another turn with, as a cable around a windlass.
Weather-bitten (a.) Eaten into, defaced, or worn, by exposure to the weather.