Weir

Definitions: Weir

Weir

Noun

1. A low dam built across a stream to raise its level or divert its flow.

2. A fence or wattle built across a stream to catch or retain fish.

Date "weir" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1374. (references)

Domain	Definitions
Building & Civil Engineering	A transverse and generally overfall structure designed to control the water level and the discharge. Source: European Union. (references)
	A low dam or wall across a stream to raise the upstream water level. Termed fixed-crest weir when uncontrolled. Source: European Union. (references)
	A wall or obstruction used to control flow from settling tanks and clarifiers to ensure a uniform flow rate and avoid short-circuiting. Source: European Union. (references)
Food & Agriculture	Traplike arrangement of fences in which the fish or other prey enter a catching chamber from which escape is difficult, especially when the way out of the trap is secured by a non-return device. Source: European Union. (references)
Hydrologic	(a) A low dam built across a stream to raise the upstream water level (fixed-crest weir when uncontrolled); (b) A structure built across a stream or channel for the purpose of measuring flow (measuring or gaging weir). (references)
Mining	A. A small dam in a stream, designed to raise the water level or to divert its flow through a desired channel b. A notch in a levee, dam, embankment, or other barrier across or bordering a stream, through which the flow of water is regulate. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

A weir is a small dam built across a river either to reduce the speed of the river, or to provide a mill pond. Weirs are often fitted with sluice gatess to regulate the flow, and on navigable rivers lock gates allow boats to pass.

Mill ponds provide a water mill with the power it requires, using the difference in water level above and below the weir to provide the necessary energy.

Weirs often double as convenient pedestrian crossing points for the river.

Weirs are also fences made of nets in rivers or along sea coasts used for catching fish.

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
weir	English	Wife's earned income relief(tax)	Finance
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonym: Weir

Synonym by domain: barricading (food & agriculture).

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Conduit	Noun: conduit, channel, duct, watercourse, race; head race, tail race; abito, aboideau, aboiteau, bito; acequia, acequiador, acequiamadre; arroyo; adit, aqueduct, canal, trough, gutter, pantile; flume, ingate, runner; lock-weir, tedge; vena; dike, main, gully, moat, ditch, drain, sewer, culvert, cloaca, sough, kennel, siphon; piscina; pipe. (tube); funnel; tunnel. (passage); water pipe, waste pipe; emunctory, gully hole, artery, aorta, pore, spout, scupper; adjutage, ajutage; hose; gargoyle; gurgoyle; penstock, weir; flood gate, water gate; sluice, lock, valve; rose; waterworks.
Hindrance	Beaver dam; trocha; barricade; (defense); wall, dead wall, sea wall, levee breakwater, groyne; bulkhead, block, buffer; stopper; boom, dam, weir, burrock.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Domain	Title
References	The Weir Group PLC: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	Films of Peter Weir (reference) The Films of Peter Weir (reference) The Master of Ballantrae and Weir of Hermiston (Everyman's Library, No.106) (reference) Treasure island ; Kidnapped ; Weir of Hermiston ; The master of Ballantrae ; The black arrow ; The strange case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (reference) Weir (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Weir & Abrahams Imaging Atlas Of Human Anatomy - Cd-Rom Macintosh (reference) (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies	Weir Fishing on Nantucket Sound (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Gillian Weir Plays the Lawrence Phelps Organ of Hexham Abbey, Northumberland (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Cabling weir log.Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.		A vertical slotted weir at Coleman National Fish Hatchery. The hatchery on Battle Creek ladder opened March through July 1994.Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.
	A weir with a "V" notch at Boulder Creek below the influence of Iron Mountain Mine.Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.		Instream structure (weir) in stream of Western Oregon.Credit: Unknown.
	Rock weir in a stream.Credit: B. Huret.		Salmon Counting Weir at Red River on Kodiak Island.Credit: Alaska Historical Image Library.
	Sockeye Salmon At Weir.Credit: Alaska Image Library.		Humpy Creek Weir.Credit: Alaska Historical Image Library.
	Installation of Karluk Weir.Credit: Alaska Historical Image Library.		Karluk Weir.Credit: Alaska Historical Image Library.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Author	Quotation
Silas Weir Mitchell	It's easier traveling the road of life when I don't have so much to carry on my back.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Author	Date	Quotation
Treaty of Versailles	1919	Should the Czecho-Slovak State, the Serb-Croat-Slovene State or Roumania, with the authorisation of or under mandate from the International Commission, undertake maintenance, improvement, weir, or other works on a part of the river system which forms a frontier, these States shall enjoy on the opposite bank, and also on the part of the bed which is outside their territory, all necessary facilities for the survey, execution and maintenance of such works. (reference)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		This fact sheet was reviewed by Vito M. Campese, M.D., University of Southern California, and Matthew Weir, M.D., University of Maryland. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Weir" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 82.82% of the time. "Weir" is used about 488 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (proper)	82.82%	405	13,877
Noun (singular)	17.18%	84	36,109
Total	100.00%	488	N/A

The following table summarizes the usage of "weir" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Weir	Last name	7,000	1,698
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

Country	Name
United Kingdom	The Weir Group PLC
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1. Weir, KS (city, FIPS 76350)
Location: 37.30957 N, 94.77568 W
Population (1990): 730 (317 housing units)
Area: 2.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Country: USA

2. Weir, MS (town, FIPS 78520)
Location: 33.26330 N, 89.28937 W
Population (1990): 525 (196 housing units)
Area: 2.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 39772
Country: USA

3. Weir, TX (town, FIPS 77056)
Location: 30.67327 N, 97.59116 W
Population (1990): 220 (92 housing units)
Area: 4.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Country: USA

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Expression: Weir

Expressions using "weir": Butcher's movable standing wave weir ♦ cipolleti weir ♦ closed weir ♦ contracted weir ♦ controlled weir ♦ designed maximum head across the weir ♦ diversion weir ♦ duckbill weir ♦ duckbill weir cross regulator ♦ Fish weir ♦ flumed weir ♦ gated weir ♦ hansen weir ♦ inflatable weir ♦ irregular weir ♦ parabolic weir ♦ partially drowned weir ♦ proportional weir ♦ rectangular weir ♦ thin plate weir ♦ trapezoidal weir ♦ triangular weir ♦ uncontrolled weir ♦ vertically grilled weir ♦ weir flume ♦ weir or wear ♦ weir with linear flow characteristics. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "weir": weir-a, Weir-houston, weir-r-rd.
	Ending with "weir": Lock-weir.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Weir

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
mike weir	399	john weir	9
weir	137	manuel weir	9
bob weir	58	guitar smith weir	9
river weir	33	stephanie weir	8
peter weir	24	foulds weir	8
alison weir	19	stephnie weir	7
pump weir	18	inc lambda weir	7
rusty weir	18	johnny weir	7
lake weir	15	bill weir	7
weir canyon honda	15	florida lake weir	7
dr weir	12	lake weir high school	7
furniture weir	12	david weir	7
weir wolf	11	weir ks	7
weir high school	11	the weir group	6
mike picture weir	11	valve weir	6
golf mike weir	10	weir canyon acura	6
joanne weir	10	mark weir	6
biography mike weir	9	master mike weir	6
carol weir	9	weir ms	6
gate weir	9	silas weir mitchell	6
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Weir

Language		Translations for "weir"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		Pendë (barrage, dam, dike, embankment, feather, fin, mole, pinion, plumage, plume, quill, seawall, sluice, span, yoke), Digë (barrier, dike, dyke), Cfrat (levee). (various references)

Arabic		‏قضبان, ‏سياج (corral, dike, enclosure, fence, fencing, hedgerow, paling, rail), ‏سد (bar, barrage, block, bung, clog, close, close up, congest, dam, dike, dyke, embankment, fill, floodgate, foul, lock, mure, obturate, obturation, occlude, occlusion, pack, plug, seal, shut, stem, stop, stop up, stuff, tamp, wad). (various references)

Bulgarian		яз (dike, sluice), Преливник, Бент. (various references)

Chinese		测流堰, 堰 . (various references)

Czech		Jez (barrage), Hráz (dam, dyke, embankment). (various references)

Danish		vaern, overloeb (overflow, overrun, spill, spillover), overløbskant, overløbsdæmning, overløb (overflow, overrun, spillage, spillway), overfaldskant, overfaldsbygvärk (overflow dam), overfald (assault, clamp, overflow, overflow dam, spillway), fiskegård (barricade, corral, fish corral, fish garth, fish weir), bundgarn (barricade, fish weir). (various references)

Dutch		weer (afresh, again, all over again, anew, defence, defense, once more, weather), waard (beloved, dear, expensive, host, innkeeper, landlord, lovely, valuable, worth), vloeiwaard (barricade, corral, fish corral, fish weir), stuwcomplex (spillway, spillweir), stuw (dam), sero (barricade, corral, fish corral, fish weir), rietpark (barricade, corral, fish corral, fish weir), overlooprand, overloop (corridor, passage), doolhof (labyrinth, maze). (various references)

Farsi		سدی که سطح اب رابلندکند, خاکریز (Bulwark, Fence, Levee, Moat), بند (Article, Bond, Clamp, Clause, Dam, Dike, Fascia, Fit, Hinge, Internode, Joggle, Joint, Levee, Ligament, Ligature, Line, Link, Manacle, Noose, Paragraph, Provision, Proviso, Segment, Sling, Snare, Stanza, Tie, Trawl, Wristband). (various references)

Finnish		ylivuotoreuna, ylivuotoaukko, ylisyöksypato, pato (barrage, dam, dike, dyke, embankment), karsinapato (barricade, corral, fish corral, fish weir). (various references)

French		barrage. (various references)

German		Wehr (barrage, defence, defense, dike, embankment, lasher), Stauwehr (barrage, diversion dam, diversion weir), Fischwehr (barricade, fish weir). (various references)

Greek		Ιχθυοφράγμα, ρυθμιστικό φράγμα, ιχθυοφραγμός (barricade, fish weir), υπερχειλιστήρας, υπερχειλιστής (overflow, spillway), φράγμα εκτροπής (anicut, diversion dam, diversion weir), εκχειλιστής (overflow, spillway), Υδατοφράκτησ, αναβαθμός εκτροπής, Φράγμα ύδατοσ. (various references)

Hebrew		ׁכר. (various references)

Hungarian		Vízfogó (waterbutt), Duzzasztógát (barrage, dam). (various references)

Italian		sbarramento (barrage, barrier, obstruction), diga (breakwater, causeway, dam, dike, dyke, embankment, levee). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		堤防 (bank). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		やな (fish trap), ていぼう (bank), えんてい (dike, gardener), えん (bonds, chance, charming, circle, connection, dam, destiny, false charge, fascinating, fate, garden, hatred, karma, relation, salt, voluptuous, Yen). (various references)

Korean		위어. (various references)

Manx		stangey (dam, pillory). (various references)

Pig Latin		eirway

Portuguese		Barragem (barrage, barrier, boom, dam), Açude (dam, dike, dyke, milled, penstock, water reservoir). (various references)

Romanian		Zãgaz (bank, barrier, breakwater, dam, dike, embankment, flood gate, groin, levee, pier), Stãvilar (dam, flood gate, lock, penstock, pier, sluice), Leasã (trellis). (various references)

Russian		Плотина, Запруда, Водослив. (various references)

Scottish		cairidh (a weir). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		vrša (kiddle, trap), ustava (floodgate, lock, sluice), brana (barrage, dam, groyne, jetty, lock, penstock, pike, preserve, water gate). (various references)

Spanish		vertedor (chute), vertedero (chute, dump, rubbish dump, shoot, spillway, tip), rebasadero, presa sumergible (overflow dam), Presa (barrage, catch, dam, hold, loot, press, prey, prize, quarry, ravin), encañizada (barricade, fish weir), Azud, aliviadero (shoot, spillway). (various references)

Swedish		Fördämning (barrage, dam, dike, dyke, embankment), Damm (dam, dike, dust, dyke, embankment, pond, pond with water, pool, powder). (various references)

Turkish		Set (bank, barrage, barrier, dam, dike, dyke, embankment, floodgate, groyne, obstruction, rampart, seawall, set, setting, studio, wall), Bent (article, barrage, clause, dike, dyke, embankment, limb, paragraph, strophe). (various references)

Ukranian		Гребля, Водозлив. (various references)

Vietnamese		đập nước đăng cá. (various references)

Welsh		cryw (creel), cored (dam), argae (barrage, dam, embankment, enclosed place). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Weir

Language	Period	Translations
Sumerian	3100 BCE-2500 BCE	kir. (various references)
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	agger, moles. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Weir

Derivations
	Words beginning with "weir": weird, weirder, weirdest, weirdie, weirdies, weirdly, weirdness, weirdnesses, weirdo, weirdoes, weirdos, weirds, weirdy, weirs. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Weir" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: eiir, eir, ewar, ewi, ewie, ewig, Eworp, sweir, wair, wairn, wairt, wairy, wairz, waor, Wazir, webi, weer, Wehr, wei, weia, weib, weic, weier, weig, weih, weik, weil, weim, wein, weio, weire, weirn, weiry, weirz, weis, weit, weiy, weiz, weor, wer, werr, wesr, wetir, wetr, wevi, wexi, weyr, wiar, Wier, wir, wiri, wirq, wirr, woar, woir, wrear, Wuer, wui, zwei. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Weir"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "weir" (pronounced wē"r)
2	-ē" r	bier, buccaneer, endear, Keir, mishear, multiyear, musketeer, puppeteer, seer, sightseer, tier.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Weir

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: wire.
	Words within the letters "e-i-r-w"
	-1 letter: ire, rei.
	-2 letters: er, re, we.
	Words containing the letters "e-i-r-w"
	+1 letter: rewin, twier, weird, weirs, wider, wiper, wired, wirer, wires, wiser, wiver, wried, wrier, wries, write.
	+2 letters: brewis, cowier, cowrie, dewier, earwig, review, rewind, rewins, rewire, twiers, twiner, viewer, wailer, waired, waiter, waiver, wanier, warier, wavier, waxier, weiner, weirdo, weirds, weirdy, whiner, whiter, wicker, widder, wiener, wilder, wilier, willer, wincer, winder, winery, winger, winier, winker, winner, winter, wipers, wirers, wirier, wisher, wither, wivern, wivers, wriest, writer, writes, writhe.
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