Children's Illustrated Dictionary.

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way

ways noun

1 a direction or route.

The sign showed the way

to the village.

2 a method.

What is the right way to use

a video camera?

3 a manner of behaving.

She stared at him in a very

rude way.

weak

adjective

having little strength

or power.

Baby birds are very weak when

they are born.

N comparisons weaker weakest

N opposite strong

weakness noun

wealthy

adjective

having a lot of money

or possessions.

The inventor sold his idea

and became very wealthy.

N say wel-thee

N comparisons wealthier

wealthiest

wealth noun

weapon

weapons noun

a tool that can

be used to

hurt someone.

In the past,

spears and

swords were

used as

weapons.

N say wep-un

wear

wears wearing wore worn verb

to have on or covering

your body.

He is wearing a South

American cowboy outfit.

N say ware

weary

adjective

very tired.

She felt weary after her

long walk.

N say weer-ee

N comparisons wearier weariest

weariness noun

weathered

adjective

having changed shape or

color due to the effects of the

Sun, wind, or rain.

Weathered rock.

weave

weaves weaving wove woven

verb

1 to pass threads over

and under one another

to make cloth.

He is weaving a mat out of wool.

woven adjective

2 to move in and out

between objects.

The river weaves its way

around the hills and down

to the sea.

web

webs noun

1 a fine net of sticky threads

made by a spider to trap flies.

2 a collection of pages linked

electronically via the internet.

wedding

weddings noun

an occasion when two people

get married.

weed

weeds noun

a wild plant that

grows where it

is not wanted.

Burdock is

a common weed.

week

weeks noun

a period of seven days.

weekend

weekends noun

Saturday and Sunday,

the days when many people

do not go to school or work.

weep

weeps weeping wept verb

to show you are unhappy

by crying.

weigh

weighs weighing weighed verb

1 to measure how heavy

something is.

He weighed some beans.

2 to have a certain weight.

The package weighed

half a pound.

N say way

weight

weights noun

1 the measurement of how

heavy something is.

2 a piece of metal with a

known heaviness, used with

weighing scales to determine

how much something weighs.

N say wayt

way

weather

noun

the condition of the

atmosphere at a certain

place and time, such as

the air temperature and

whether or not it is raining.

a weather map

N say weth-ur