1 linking verb to have a particular weight:
[V] How much do you weigh (= how heavy are you)? * [V-N] She weighs 60 kilos. * The average male tiger weighs around 200 kg. * These cases weigh a ton (= are very heavy).
2 [VN] to measure how heavy sth is, usually by using SCALES/ASCALE:
He weighed himself on the bathroom scales. * She weighed the stone in her hand (= estimated how heavy it was by holding it).
3 [VN] ~ sth (up)
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