weigh someone/something up

Examples of weighing

weighing

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.

Dubious weighing procedures set off countless disputes between planters and mill owners.
Each of the three trays was filled to overflowing with the surrounding dried feed (weighing approximately 1.2 kg) and the contents emptied monthly.
The amount of water needed was applied using a weighing method.
There is a seriousness and intellectual rigour about these two volumes, weighing up arguments and charting the course of historical debates.
However, a few angular blocks, weighing about 30 kg each, have been ejected several metres out of the pit.
Gynogens of the tiger puffer (23 individuals weighing approximately 100 g) were tagged to recognize them individually.
The research therefore shows that people were weighing up their own needs against those of their children and grandchildren.
Suggesting that the four attributes should be considered when weighing the purported advantage of one drug over another.
In altruism, the agent is weighing costs and benefit vis-à-vis someone else who is passive.
At that time, a male infant weighing 2.3 kg was delivered by cesarian section.
At autopsy, the heart was enlarged, weighing 620 grams.
All patients were term infants weighing 2800-3560 gm who were referred to our institution for treatment of pulmonary hypertension.
The stents were placed under general anesthesia in piglets (n=7) 1-3 days old, weighing 1.4-2.25 kg via a cutdown in the neck.
With 40 chapters and over 1,000 pages, and weighing in at about a kilo, this is a big book.
An infant born weighing less than 250 kg is considered to be a low birth weight infant.
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