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Noun [English]

IPA: /wɪə̯/ [Received-Pronunciation], /wɪɹ/ [General-American], /wiːɹ/ [Scotland] Audio: en-au-weir.ogg Forms: weirs [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ), -iːɹ Etymology: From Middle English were, from Old English wer, from werian (“to dam up”), from Proto-West Germanic *warjan, from Proto-Germanic *warjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to cover”); Cognate with Old Norse ver (“station for fishing”), Sanskrit वृणोति (vṛṇóti). Related to warranty. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*wer-|id=heed}}, {{inh|en|enm|were}} Middle English were, {{inh|en|ang|wer}} Old English wer, {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*warjan}} Proto-West Germanic *warjan, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*warjaną}} Proto-Germanic *warjaną, {{der|en|ine-pro|*wer-||to cover}} Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to cover”), {{cog|non|ver||station for fishing}} Old Norse ver (“station for fishing”), {{cog|sa|वृणोति|tr=vṛṇóti}} Sanskrit वृणोति (vṛṇóti) Head templates: {{en-noun}} weir (plural weirs)
  1. An adjustable dam placed across a river to regulate the flow of water downstream. Coordinate_terms (adjustable dam): dam, sluice Translations (adjustable dam): هَدَّار (haddār) [masculine] (Arabic), прели́вник (prelívnik) [masculine] (Bulgarian), resclosa [feminine] (Catalan), jez [masculine] (Czech), overløb [neuter] (Danish), weer [neuter] (Dutch), stuw [masculine] (Dutch), overlaat [masculine] (Dutch), vejro (Esperanto), säännöstelypato (Finnish), ylivuotopato (Finnish), seuil (French), comporta [feminine] (Galician), Wehr [neuter] (German), આડબંધ (āḍabandh) (Gujarati), pākolokolo (Hawaiian), cora [feminine] (Irish), stramazzo [masculine] (Italian), cateratta [feminine] (Italian), (seki) (alt: せき) (Japanese), каскадна брана (kaskadna brana) [feminine] (Macedonian), stangey [masculine] (Manx), ahuriri (Maori), nisaqan [inanimate] (Mi'kmaq), overløp [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), demning [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), overløp [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), overlaup [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), jaz (Old Slovak), ورغ (varğ) (Persian), jaz [masculine] (Polish), comporta [feminine] (Portuguese), водосли́в (vodoslív) [masculine] (Russian), cairidh [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), eileach [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), hať [feminine] (Slovak), compuerta [feminine] (Spanish), vertedero [masculine] (Spanish), aliviadero [masculine] (Spanish), regleringsdamm (Swedish), ฝาย (fǎai) (Thai), ben (Tày), đăng (Vietnamese), cored [feminine] (Welsh)
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  2. A fence placed across a river to catch fish. Translations (fence to catch fish): яз (jaz) [masculine] (Bulgarian), visweer [feminine] (Dutch), kalatõke (Estonian), kalapato (Finnish), écrille [feminine] (French), bordigue [feminine] (French), caneiro [masculine] (Galician), canal [masculine] (Galician), Fischwehr [neuter] (German), 梁漁 (yanaryou) (Japanese), далјан (daljan) [masculine] (Macedonian), ahuriri (Maori), rauiri (Maori), rauwiri (Maori), ᓄᑕᒧᐛᓐ (nutamuwaan) (Naskapi), jaz [masculine] (Polish), caniçado [masculine] (Portuguese), cairidh [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), eileach [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), corral de pesca [masculine] (Spanish), presa pesquera [feminine] (Spanish), ahkwënikàn (Unami)
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  3. (obsolete) Seaweed. Tags: obsolete Categories (topical): Fishing
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: wear [dated], wier [archaic], wyer [obsolete] Derived forms: Bridge of Weir, Countess Wear, leaky weir, lock-weir, unweired, wasteweir, weired

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      "code": "gl",
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      "sense": "fence to catch fish",
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "fence to catch fish",
      "word": "梁漁"
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      "code": "mk",
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      "code": "mi",
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      "code": "mi",
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      "roman": "nutamuwaan",
      "sense": "fence to catch fish",
      "word": "ᓄᑕᒧᐛᓐ"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "fence to catch fish",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "fence to catch fish",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "caniçado"
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      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "fence to catch fish",
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      "code": "gd",
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      "lang": "Unami",
      "sense": "fence to catch fish",
      "word": "ahkwënikàn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "weir"
}

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