Weak
- a. To make or become weak; to weaken.
- v. i. Wanting physical strength.
- v. i. Deficient in strength of body; feeble; infirm; sickly; debilitated; enfeebled; exhausted.
- v. i. Not able to sustain a great weight, pressure, or strain; as, a weak timber; a weak rope.
- v. i. Not firmly united or adhesive; easily broken or separated into pieces; not compact; as, a weak ship.
- v. i. Not stiff; pliant; frail; soft; as, the weak stalk of a plant.
- v. i. Not able to resist external force or onset; easily subdued or overcome; as, a weak barrier; as, a weak fortress.
- v. i. Lacking force of utterance or sound; not sonorous; low; small; feeble; faint.
- v. i. Not thoroughly or abundantly impregnated with the usual or required ingredients, or with stimulating and nourishing substances; of less than the usual strength; as, weak tea, broth, or liquor; a weak decoction or solution; a weak dose of medicine.
- v. i. Lacking ability for an appropriate function or office; as, weak eyes; a weak stomach; a weak magistrate; a weak regiment, or army.
- 1a. 1 To make or become weak; to weaken.
- 1v. i. 1 Wanting physical strength.
The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.