Definitions for weak

Overview of adj weak

The adj weak has 12 senses? (first 4 from tagged texts)

1. (13) weak

(wanting in physical strength; "a weak pillar")

2. (3) watery, washy, weak

(overly diluted; thin and insipid; "washy coffee"; "watery milk"; "weak tea")

3. (1) unaccented, light, weak

((used of vowels or syllables) pronounced with little or no stress; "a syllable that ends in a short vowel is a light syllable"; "a weak stress on the second syllable")

4. (1) fallible, frail, imperfect, weak

(wanting in moral strength, courage, or will; having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings; "I'm only a fallible human"; "frail humanity")

5. weak

(tending downward in price; "a weak market for oil stocks")

6. weak

(deficient or lacking in some skill; "he's weak in spelling")

7. decrepit, debile, feeble, infirm, rickety, sapless, weak, weakly

(lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality; "a feeble old woman"; "her body looked sapless")

8. weak

((used of verbs) having standard (or regular) inflection)

9. weak

(not having authority, political strength, or governing power; "a weak president")

10. faint, weak

(deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc; "a faint outline"; "the wan sun cast faint shadows"; "the faint light of a distant candle"; "weak colors"; "a faint hissing sound"; "a faint aroma"; "a weak pulse")

11. weak

(likely to fail under stress or pressure; "the weak link in the chain")

12. weak

(deficient in intelligence or mental power; "a weak mind")