Synonyms for Weir
wɪərweir

Princeton's WordNet

1. weirnoun

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

2. weirnoun

   a fence or wattle built across a stream to catch or retain fish

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1. • Dam
   • Fence

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1. List of paraphrases for "weir":

   spillway, dam, outfall

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1. David Becker:

   Erin Weir would certainly mitigate some of the crime that Erin Weir see.

2. Matt Damon:

   (Weir) really got this guy with this great sense of humor, really smart and really capable guy, but somebody who has that great kind of gallows humor that people who do this kind of work tend to have.

3. Rosita Worl:

   It would have taken time for our people to learn enough about the environment and fish behavior to develop the technology to make the weir and to fish it successfully.

4. Bill Weir:

   There's a ton of ideas, even some wild ones, people say Bill Weir should pipe water from the Mississippi or drag glaciers down from Alaska and melt them and use the water. They've been having these conversations for 100 years down here, but ultimately this is a slow-motion, man-made disaster in real time.

5. Van Niekerk:

   I'm excited to go out there and train with them, it's the world best Usain Bolt, Yohan Blake and Warren Weir, i feel I can learn a lot from them and can improve myself as an athlete.