weir
To put a weir, or weirsTo put a weir, or weirs (in a river)
» The lock on the weir was released for the boat to pass through.
Teangloir · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 sensesTo put a weir, or weirs (in a river)
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
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
weirs, weiring, weired, weiredLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle