"weigh out" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: weighs out [present, singular, third-person], weighing out [participle, present], weighed out [participle, past], weighed out [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} weigh out (third-person singular simple present weighs out, present participle weighing out, simple past and past participle weighed out)
  1. (transitive) To divide (something) into portions by weight. Tags: transitive Related terms: cube out

Inflected forms

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        "(transitive) To divide (something) into portions by weight."
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