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  • 21weak — /wi:k/ adjective 1 PHYSICALLY not physically strong: The illness had left her feeling tired and weak. (+ with): Nina was weak with hunger. | weak heart/bladder/eyes etc (=that do not work properly) 2 CHARACTER easily influenced by other people… …

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  • 22weak — /week/, adj., weaker, weakest. 1. not strong; liable to yield, break, or collapse under pressure or strain; fragile; frail: a weak fortress; a weak spot in armor. 2. lacking in bodily strength or healthy vigor, as from age or sickness; feeble;… …

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  • 23weak — /wik / (say week) adjective 1. liable to yield, break, or collapse under pressure or strain; fragile; frail; not strong: a weak fortress; a weak spot in armour. 2. deficient in bodily strength or healthy vigour, as from age, sickness, etc.;… …

  • 24weak — adjective Etymology: Middle English weike, from Old Norse veikr; akin to Old English wīcan to yield, Greek eikein to give way, Sanskrit vijate he speeds, flees Date: 14th century 1. lacking strength: as a. deficient in physical vigor ; feeble,… …

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  • 25weak — 01. He was sick, and felt too [weak] to even get out of bed. 02. The goaltender was having a bad day, and let in a couple of [weak] goals. 03. I have a [weakness] for chocolate. I eat the stuff almost every day. 04. She has really [weak] arms so… …

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  • 26weak — adj. 1 deficient in strength, power, or number; fragile; easily broken or bent or defeated. 2 deficient in vigour; sickly, feeble (weak health; a weak imagination). 3 a deficient in resolution; easily led (a weak character). b (of an action or… …

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  • 27weak — adjective 1) they are too weak to move Syn: frail, feeble, delicate, fragile; infirm, sick, sickly, debilitated, incapacitated, ailing, indisposed, decrepit; tired, fatigued, exhausted, anemic; informal weedy …

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  • 28weak*/*/ — [wiːk] adj 1) lacking physical strength or good health Ant: strong The illness had left him too weak to speak.[/ex] He has always had a weak heart.[/ex] 2) not strongly built and easily damaged or destroyed The floorboards are weak in some places …

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  • 29weak — adj. VERBS ▪ appear, be, feel, look, seem, sound ▪ become, get, go, grow …

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  • 30weak — [[t]wik[/t]] adj. er, est 1) not strong; liable to give way under pressure or strain; fragile; frail 2) lacking in bodily strength or healthy vigor, as from age or sickness; feeble; infirm 3) lacking in force, potency, or efficacy; impotent,… …

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