weird

1. weird (adj) — sense 1

Definition: Having an unusually strange character or behaviour.

Example: There are lots of weird people in this place.

2. weird (adj) — sense 2

Definition: Deviating from the normal; bizarre.

Example: It was quite weird to bump into all my ex-girlfriends on the same day.

3. weird (adj) — sense 3

Definition: Relating to weird fiction ("a macabre subgenre of speculative fiction").

Example: a weird story

4. weird (noun) — sense 4

Definition: Fate; destiny; luck.

Example: Step by reluctant step, he had come to know his weird. The North must be saved from her.

5. weird (noun) — sense 5

Definition: A prediction.

6. weird (noun) — sense 6

Definition: A spell or charm.

Example: Thou shalt bear thy penance lone, / In the Valley of Saint John, / And this weird shall overtake thee;— / Sleep, until a knight shall wake thee, / For feat of arms as far renowned / As warrior of the Table Round.

7. weird (verb) — sense 7

Definition: To destine; doom; change by witchcraft or sorcery.

8. weird (verb) — sense 8

Definition: To warn solemnly; adjure.

9. weird (adv) — sense 9

Definition: In a strange manner.

Example: I waltzed into that club just as straight as a goose and I kept tripping over things and people were looking at me weird.