Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
weaken |
verb t. |
To make weak; to lessen the strength of; to deprive of strength; to debilitate; to enfeeble; to enervate; as, to weaken the body or the mind; to weaken the hands of a magistrate; to weaken the force of an objection or an argument., To reduce in quality, strength, or spirit; as, to weaken tea; to weaken any solution or decoction., To become weak or weaker; to lose strength, spirit, or determination; to become less positive or resolute; as, the patient weakened; the witness weakened on cross-examination. |
weakly |
adverb |
In a weak manner; with little strength or vigor; feebly., Not strong of constitution; infirm; feeble; as, a weakly woman; a man of a weakly constitution. |
wealth |
noun |
Weal; welfare; prosperity; good., Large possessions; a comparative abundance of things which are objects of human desire; esp., abundance of worldly estate; affluence; opulence; riches. |
weaned |
imp. & past participle |
of Wean |
weanel |
noun |
A weanling. |
weapon |
noun |
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., Fig.: The means or instrument with which one contends against another; as, argument was his only weapon., A thorn, prickle, or sting with which many plants are furnished. |
weared |
imp. & past participle |
of Wear |
wearer |
noun |
One who wears or carries as appendant to the body; as, the wearer of a cloak, a sword, a crown, a shackle, etc., That which wastes or diminishes. |
weasel |
noun |
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. |
weaser |
noun |
The American merganser; — called also weaser sheldrake. |
weaved |
imp. & past participle |
of Weave |
weaver |
noun |
One who weaves, or whose occupation is to weave., A weaver bird., An aquatic beetle of the genus Gyrinus. See Whirling. |
weazen |
adjective |
Thin; sharp; withered; wizened; as, a weazen face. |