"weir" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /wɪə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /wɪɹ/ [General-American] Audio: en-au-weir.ogg [Australia] Forms: weirs [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ) 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, {{m|ang|werian||to dam up}} werian (“to dam up”), {{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), (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), ورغ (varğ) (Persian), jaz [masculine] (Polish), comporta [feminine] (Portuguese), водосли́в (vodoslív) [masculine] (Russian), cairidh [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), eileach [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), compuerta [feminine] (Spanish), vertedero [masculine] (Spanish), aliviadero [masculine] (Spanish), regleringsdamm (Swedish), ฝาย (fǎai) (Thai), cored [feminine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-weir-en-noun-82HbN1sl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 46 3 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 47 51 3 Disambiguation of 'adjustable dam': 97 1 2 Disambiguation of 'adjustable dam': 97 1 2
  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)
    Sense id: en-weir-en-noun-y0qtdzty Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 46 3 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 47 51 3 Disambiguation of 'fence to catch fish': 0 100 0
  3. (obsolete) Seaweed. Tags: obsolete Categories (topical): Fishing
    Sense id: en-weir-en-noun-1CZN17gl Disambiguation of Fishing: 13 31 56
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: wear [dated], wier [archaic], wyer [obsolete] Derived forms: Bridge of Weir, Countess Wear, lock-weir, unweired, wasteweir, weired

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          "sense": "fence to catch fish",
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      "sense": "adjustable dam",
      "word": "vejro"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "word": "säännöstelypato"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "adjustable dam",
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      "code": "gl",
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      "sense": "adjustable dam",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "de",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "Wehr"
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      "sense": "adjustable dam",
      "word": "આડબંધ"
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      "sense": "adjustable dam",
      "word": "pākolokolo"
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      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "adjustable dam",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "adjustable dam",
      "word": "堰"
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      "sense": "adjustable dam",
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      "sense": "adjustable dam",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "adjustable dam",
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      "code": "es",
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      "word": "ฝาย"
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      "code": "cy",
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      "sense": "adjustable dam",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "jaz",
      "sense": "fence to catch fish",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "яз"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "fence to catch fish",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "visweer"
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      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "fence to catch fish",
      "word": "kalatõke"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "fence to catch fish",
      "word": "kalapato"
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "fence to catch fish",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "écrille"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "fence to catch fish",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "bordigue"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "fence to catch fish",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "caneiro"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "fence to catch fish",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "canal"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "fence to catch fish",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Fischwehr"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "yanaryou",
      "sense": "fence to catch fish",
      "word": "梁漁"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "daljan",
      "sense": "fence to catch fish",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "далјан"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "fence to catch fish",
      "word": "ahuriri"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "fence to catch fish",
      "word": "rauiri"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "fence to catch fish",
      "word": "rauwiri"
    },
    {
      "code": "nsk",
      "lang": "Naskapi",
      "roman": "nutamuwaan",
      "sense": "fence to catch fish",
      "word": "ᓄᑕᒧᐛᓐ"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "fence to catch fish",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "jaz"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "fence to catch fish",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "caniçado"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "fence to catch fish",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cairidh"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "fence to catch fish",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "eileach"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "fence to catch fish",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "corral de pesca"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "fence to catch fish",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "presa pesquera"
    },
    {
      "code": "unm",
      "lang": "Unami",
      "sense": "fence to catch fish",
      "word": "ahkwënikàn"
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}

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