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weir

Pronunciation: /wɪə̯/

The English word “weir” has 4 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. An adjustable dam placed across a river to regulate the flow of water downstream.
  2. A fence placed across a river to catch fish.
  3. Seaweed.

verb

  1. To put a weir, or weirs (in a river)

Etymology

From 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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