(v. i.) Wanting physical strength.
(v. i.) Deficient in strength of body; feeble; infirm; sickly;
debilitated; enfeebled; exhausted.
(v. i.) Not able to sustain a great weight, pressure, or strain;
as, a weak timber; a weak rope.
(v. i.) Not firmly united or adhesive; easily broken or separated
into pieces; not compact; as, a weak ship.
(v. i.) Not stiff; pliant; frail; soft; as, the weak stalk of a
plant.
(v. i.) Not able to resist external force or onset; easily subdued
or overcome; as, a weak barrier; as, a weak fortress.
(v. i.) Lacking force of utterance or sound; not sonorous; low;
small; feeble; faint.
(v. i.) Not thoroughly or abundantly impregnated with the usual or
required ingredients, or with stimulating and nourishing substances; of
less than the usual strength; as, weak tea, broth, or liquor; a weak
decoction or solution; a weak dose of medicine.
(v. i.) Lacking ability for an appropriate function or office; as,
weak eyes; a weak stomach; a weak magistrate; a weak regiment, or army.
(v. i.) Not possessing or manifesting intellectual, logical,
moral, or political strength, vigor, etc.
(v. i.) Feeble of mind; wanting discernment; lacking vigor;
spiritless; as, a weak king or magistrate.
(v. i.) Resulting from, or indicating, lack of judgment,
discernment, or firmness; unwise; hence, foolish.
(v. i.) Not having full confidence or conviction; not decided or
confirmed; vacillating; wavering.
(v. i.) Not able to withstand temptation, urgency, persuasion,
etc.; easily impressed, moved, or overcome; accessible; vulnerable; as,
weak resolutions; weak virtue.
(v. i.) Wanting in power to influence or bind; as, weak ties; a
weak sense of honor of duty.
(v. i.) Not having power to convince; not supported by force of
reason or truth; unsustained; as, a weak argument or case.
(v. i.) Wanting in point or vigor of expression; as, a weak
sentence; a weak style.
(v. i.) Not prevalent or effective, or not felt to be prevalent;
not potent; feeble.
(v. i.) Lacking in elements of political strength; not wielding or
having authority or energy; deficient in the resources that are
essential to a ruler or nation; as, a weak monarch; a weak government
or state.
(v. i.) Tending towards lower prices; as, a weak market.
(v. i.) Pertaining to, or designating, a verb which forms its
preterit (imperfect) and past participle by adding to the present the
suffix -ed, -d, or the variant form -t; as in the verbs abash, abashed;
abate, abated; deny, denied; feel, felt. See Strong, 19 (a).
(v. i.) Pertaining to, or designating, a noun in Anglo-Saxon,
etc., the stem of which ends in -n. See Strong, 19 (b).
(a.) To make or become weak; to weaken.
