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Antonyms for weir

Grammar : Noun
Spell : weer
Phonetic Transcription : wɪər


Definition of weir

Origin :
  • Old English wer "dam, fence, enclosure," especially one for catching fish (related to werian "dam up"), from Proto-Germanic *warjanan (cf. Old Norse ver, Old Frisian and Middle Dutch were, Dutch weer, Old High German wari, German Wehr "defense, protection," Gothic warjan "to defend, protect"), from PIE *wer- "to cover, shut" (cf. Sanskrit vatah "enclosure," vrnoti "covers, wraps, shuts;" Lithuanian uzveriu "to shut, to close;" Old Persian *pari-varaka "protective;" Latin (op)erire "to cover;" Old Church Slavonic vora "sealed, closed," vreti "shut;" Old Irish feronn "field," properly "enclosed land").
  • As in waterfall : noun cascade
  • As in dam : noun embankment, wall
  • As in gate : noun movable barrier at entrance
Example sentences :
  • The weir had been erected to pen the Chenook salmon from going further up-stream.
  • Extract from : « American Notes » by Rudyard Kipling
  • What could make the river run at this pace—a weir—or a waterfall?
  • Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit
  • "Let me whisper in your ear," said Miss Desmond, loud above the chatter of the weir.
  • Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit
  • He yelled to me not to leave him, but the weir had give me my bearings, and I was bound for my power-boat.
  • Extract from : « Cape Cod Stories » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • One day lately, when the water was low, he offered to cross the weir at Dingleford.
  • Extract from : « Deerbrook » by Harriet Martineau
  • The water shut in by a dam or weir by the side of a river for securing fish.
  • Extract from : « The Sailor's Word-Book » by William Henry Smyth
  • I registered you as Miss Weir, that name being the first to occur to me.
  • Extract from : « Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter » by Lawrence L. Lynch
  • Won't you ask me to be seated, and hear what I wish to say, Miss Weir?
  • Extract from : « Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter » by Lawrence L. Lynch
  • First, we'll go to Hardy's weir and take in a lot of herring for bait.
  • Extract from : « Jim Spurling, Fisherman » by Albert Walter Tolman
  • Weir, I'm sorry enough I introduced you, if you are going to take it that way.
  • Extract from : « A Little Girl of Long Ago » by Amanda Millie Douglas

Synonyms for weir

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