weir
An adjustable dam placed across a river to regulate the flow of water downstreamAn adjustable dam placed across a river to regulate the flow of water downstream.
» The lock on the weir was released for the boat to pass through.
Meaning
3 senses(countable)An adjustable dam placed across a river to regulate the flow of water downstream.
Wehr
водосли́вvodoslív
a low dam built across a stream to raise its level or divert its flow
(countable)A fence placed across a river to catch fish.
Fischwehr
a fence or wattle built across a stream to catch or retain fish
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)Seaweed.
Examples
4 sentencesThe lock on the weir was released for the boat to pass through.
There was a weir across the river here, but it never caught many fish.
Circular water currents at the base of a weir can trap people, causing them to drown.
The dam design includes an emergency spillway weir, to handle flood flows without risking erosion on the rest of the embankment.
deDer Dammentwurf enthält ein Überfallwehr, um Flutströme zu bewältigen, ohne Erosion der restlichen Aufschüttung zu riskieren. — Yorwba
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 2
Origin
From Middle English were, from Old English wer, from werian (“to dam up”), from Proto-WestFrom 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.
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Forms
plural: weirsWord family
5 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable