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The Meaning of weak
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(v. i.) Wanting physical strength.
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(v. i.) Deficient in strength of body; feeble; infirm; sickly; debilitated; enfeebled; exhausted.
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(v. i.) Not able to sustain a great weight, pressure, or strain; as, a weak timber; a weak rope.
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(v. i.) Not firmly united or adhesive; easily broken or separated into pieces; not compact; as, a weak ship.
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(v. i.) Not stiff; pliant; frail; soft; as, the weak stalk of a plant.
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(v. i.) Not able to resist external force or onset; easily subdued or overcome; as, a weak barrier; as, a weak fortress.
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(v. i.) Lacking force of utterance or sound; not sonorous; low; small; feeble; faint.
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(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.
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(v. i.) Lacking ability for an appropriate function or office; as, weak eyes; a weak stomach; a weak magistrate; a weak regiment, or army.
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(v. i.) Not possessing or manifesting intellectual, logical, moral, or political strength, vigor, etc.
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(v. i.) Feeble of mind; wanting discernment; lacking vigor; spiritless; as, a weak king or magistrate.
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(v. i.) Resulting from, or indicating, lack of judgment, discernment, or firmness; unwise; hence, foolish.
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(v. i.) Not having full confidence or conviction; not decided or confirmed; vacillating; wavering.
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(v. i.) Not able to withstand temptation, urgency, persuasion, etc.; easily impressed, moved, or overcome; accessible; vulnerable; as, weak resolutions; weak virtue.
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(v. i.) Wanting in power to influence or bind; as, weak ties; a weak sense of honor of duty.
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(v. i.) Not having power to convince; not supported by force of reason or truth; unsustained; as, a weak argument or case.
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(v. i.) Wanting in point or vigor of expression; as, a weak sentence; a weak style.
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(v. i.) Not prevalent or effective, or not felt to be prevalent; not potent; feeble.
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(v. i.) Lacking in elements of political strength; not wielding or having authority or energy; deficient in the resources that are essential to a ruler or nation; as, a weak monarch; a weak government or state.
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(v. i.) Tending towards lower prices; as, a weak market.
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(v. i.) Pertaining to, or designating, a verb which forms its preterit (imperfect) and past participle by adding to the present the suffix -ed, -d, or the variant form -t; as in the verbs abash, abashed; abate, abated; deny, denied; feel, felt. See Strong, 19 (a).
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(v. i.) Pertaining to, or designating, a noun in Anglo-Saxon, etc., the stem of which ends in -n. See Strong, 19 (b).
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(a.) To make or become weak; to weaken.
Synonyms
watery
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washy
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unaccented
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light
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fallible
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frail
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imperfect
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decrepit
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debile
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feeble
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infirm
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rickety
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sapless
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weakly
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faint
Antonyms
strong
Homophones
week
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weick
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weik
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wieck
Rhymes
antique
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ashcreek
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baek
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batik
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beak
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beeck
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beek
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belgique
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bespeak
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bleak
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boutique
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cacique
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cheek
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chesapeake
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chic
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cleek
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clique
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creak
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creek
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critique
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deike
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dieck
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dominique
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eke
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electrique
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feick
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fenugreek
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fleek
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freak
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geac
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geek
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gieck
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gleek
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greek
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grosbeak
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henriques
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henriquez
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kmiec
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leak
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leake
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leek
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leick
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leveque
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manrique
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martinique
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mcpeek
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mediq
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meek
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midweek
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misspeak
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monique
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mozambique
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mystique
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nongreek
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oblique
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paek
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peak
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peake
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peek
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physique
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pique
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reeck
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reek
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respeak
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rieck
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riecke
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riek
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rieke
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screak
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seaq
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seek
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sheek
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sheik
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sheikh
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shriek
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siek
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sikh
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sleek
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sneak
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speak
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speake
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squeak
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steek
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streak
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streek
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tariq
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teac
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teak
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technique
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tweak
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unique
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vanbeek
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veronique
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week
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weick
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weik
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wieck
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workweek
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wreak
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zeek
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zeke