| wk | weak; week; work |
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| WOWS | weak opiate withdrawal scale |
| WR | Wassermann reaction; water retention; weakly reactive; weak response; whole response; wiping reactio... |
| W | weak |
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| weak | 1. Wanting physical strength. Specifically: Deficient in strength of body; feeble; infirm; sickly; debilitated; enfeebled; exhausted. "A poor, infirm, weak, and despised old man." (Shak) "Weak with hunger, mad with love." (Dryden) Not able to sustain a great weight, pressure, or strain; as, a weak timber; a weak rope. Not firmly united or adhesive; easily broken or separated into pieces; not compact; as, a weak ship. Not stiff; pliant; frail; soft; as, the weak stalk of a plant. Not able to resist external force or onset; easily subdued or overcome; as, a weak barrier; as, a weak fortress. Lacking force of utterance or sound; not sonorous; low; small; feeble; faint. "A voice not soft, weak, piping, and womanish." (Ascham) Not thoroughly or abundantly impregnated with the usual or required ingredients, or with stimulating and nourishing substances; of less than the usual strength; as, weak tea, broth, or liquor; a weak decoction or solution; a weak dose of medicine. Lacking ability for an appropriate function or office; as, weak eyes; a weak stomach; a weak magistrate; a weak regiment, or army. 2. Not possessing or manifesting intellectual, logical, moral, or political strength, vigor, etc. Specifically: Feeble of mind; wanting discernment; lacking vigor; spiritless; as, a weak king or magistrate. "To think every thing disputable is a proof of a weak mind and captious temper." (Beattie) "Origen was never weak enough to imagine that there were two Gods." (Waterland) Resulting from, or indicating, lack of judgment, discernment, or firmness; unwise; hence, foolish. "If evil thence ensue, She first his weak indulgence will accuse." (Milton) Not having full confidence or conviction; not decided or confirmed; vacillating; wavering. "Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations." (Rom. Xiv. 1) Not able to withstand temptation, urgency, persuasion, etc.; easily impressed, moved, or overcome; accessible; vulnerable; as, weak resolutions; weak virtue. "Guard thy heart On this weak side, where most our nature fails." (Addison) Wanting in power to influence or bind; as, weak ties; a weak sense of honor of duty. Not having power to convince; not supported by force of reason or truth; unsustained; as, a weak argument or case. "Convinced of his weak arguing." "A case so weak . . . Hath much persisted in." (Hooker) Wanting in point or vigor of expression; as, a weak sentence; a weak style. Not prevalent or effective, or not felt to be prevalent; not potent; feeble. "Weak prayers." Lacking in elements of political strength; not wielding or having authority or energy; deficient in the resources that are essential to a ruler or nation; as, a weak monarch; a weak government or state. "I must make fair weather yet awhile, Till Henry be more weak, and I more strong." (Shak) Tending towards lower prices; as, a weak market. 3. Pertaining to, or designating, a verb which forms its preterit (imperfect) and past participle by adding to the present the suffix -ed, -d, or the variant form -t; as in the verbs abash, abashed; abate, abated; deny, denied; feel, felt. See Strong, 19 . Pertaining to, or designating, a noun in Anglo-Saxon, etc, the stem of which ends in -n. See Strong, 19 . Weak is often used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, weak-eyed, weak-handed, weak-hearted, weak-minded, weak-spirited, and the like. <medicine> Weak conjugation, a sore covered with pale, flabby, sluggish granulations. Origin: OE. Weik, Icel. Veikr; akin to Sw. Vek, Dan. Veg soft, flexible, pliant, AS. Wac weak, soft, pliant, D. Week, G. Weich, OHG. Weih; all from the verb seen in Icel. Vikja to turn, veer, recede, AS. Wican to yield, give way, G. Weichen, OHG. Wihhan, akin to Skr. Vij, and probably to E. Week, L. Vicis a change, turn, Gr. To yield, give way. 132. Cf. Week, Wink, Vicissitude. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| weak-hearted | Having little courage; of feeble spirit; dispirited; faint-hearted. "Weak-hearted enemies." Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| weak-minded | Having a weak mind, either naturally or by reason of disease; feebleminded; foolish; idiotic. Weak"-mindedness. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| weakfish | <zoology> Any fish of the genus Cynoscion; a squeteague; so called from its tender mouth. See Squeteague. <zoology> Spotted weakfish, the spotted squeteague. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| weakly | Not strong of constitution; infirm; feeble; as, a weakly woman; a man of a weakly constitution. Origin: Weaklier; Weakliest. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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having little physical or spiritual strength; "a weak link" watery: overly diluted; thin and insipid; "washy coffee"; "watery milk"; "weak tea" unaccented: used of vowels or syllables; pronounced with little or no stress; "a syllable that ends in a short vowel is a light syllable"; "a weak stress on the second syllable" fallible: having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings; "I'm only a fallible human"; "frail humanity" tending downward in price; "a weak market for oil stocks" deficient or lacking in some skill; "he's weak in spelling" decrepit: lacking physical strength or vitality; "a feeble old woman"; "her body looked sapless" (used of verbs) having standard (or regular) inflection not having authority, political strength, or governing power; "a weak president" faint: deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc; "a faint outline"; "the wan sun cast faint shadows"; "the faint light of a distant candle"; "weak colors"; "a faint hissing sound"; "a faint aroma"; "a weak pulse" likely to fail under stress or pressure; "the weak link in the chain" deficient in intelligence or mental power; "a weak mind"
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failing: a flaw or weak point; "he was quick to point out his wife's failings" helplessness: powerlessness revealed by an inability to act; "in spite of their weakness the group remains highly active" 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" the condition of being financially weak; "the weakness of the dollar against the yen" a penchant for something even though it might not be good for you; "he has a weakness for chocolate"
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The quality or state of being weak; want of strength or firmness; lack of vigor; want of resolution or of moral strength; feebleness. [Webster]
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reluctance to stand up or move, droopy posture
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Lacking grip typical for the wine; without character
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| weak | lacking force |
| weak | characterized by excessive softness or self-indulgence |
| weak | having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings |
| weak | lacking physical strength or vigor |
| weak | lacking power |
| weak | (grammar) used of verbs having standard (or regular) inflection |
| weak | lacking physical strength or vitality |
| weak | used of vowels or syllables |
| weak | having little physical or spiritual strength |
| weak | (physics) an interaction between elementary particles involving neutrinos or antineutrinos that is responsible for certain kinds of radioactive decay |
| weak | (physics) an interaction between elementary particles involving neutrinos or antineutrinos that is responsible for certain kinds of radioactive decay |
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