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Definitions of 'weight' Wordnet 

1. (noun) weight
the vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity

2. (noun) weight, free weight, exercising weight
sports equipment used in calisthenic exercises and weightlifting; it is not attached to anything and is raised and lowered by use of the hands and arms

3. (noun) weight, weightiness
the relative importance granted to something
"his opinion carries great weight"; "the progression implied an increasing weightiness of the items listed"

4. (noun) weight
an artifact that is heavy

5. (noun) weight
an oppressive feeling of heavy force
"bowed down by the weight of responsibility"

6. (noun) system of weights, weight
a system of units used to express the weight of something

7. (noun) weight unit, weight
a unit used to measure weight
"he placed two weights in the scale pan"

8. (verb) weight, weighting
(statistics) a coefficient assigned to elements of a frequency distribution in order to represent their relative importance

9. (verb) burden, burthen, weight, weight down
weight down with a load

10. (verb) slant, angle, weight
present with a bias
"He biased his presentation so as to please the share holders"


Definitions of 'weight' Webster 1913 Dictionary 

1. (verb) weight
the quality of being heavy; that property of bodies by which they tend toward the center of the earth; the effect of gravitative force, especially when expressed in certain units or standards, as pounds, grams, etc

2. (verb) weight
the quantity of heaviness; comparative tendency to the center of the earth; the quantity of matter as estimated by the balance, or expressed numerically with reference to some standard unit; as, a mass of stone having the weight of five hundred pounds

3. (verb) weight
hence, pressure; burden; as, the weight of care or business

4. (verb) weight
importance; power; influence; efficacy; consequence; moment; impressiveness; as, a consideration of vast weight

5. (verb) weight
a scale, or graduated standard, of heaviness; a mode of estimating weight; as, avoirdupois weight; troy weight; apothecaries' weight

6. (verb) weight
a ponderous mass; something heavy; as, a clock weight; a paper weight

7. (verb) weight
a definite mass of iron, lead, brass, or other metal, to be used for ascertaining the weight of other bodies; as, an ounce weight

8. (verb) weight
the resistance against which a machine acts, as opposed to the power which moves it

9. (verb) weight
to load with a weight or weights; to load down; to make heavy; to attach weights to; as, to weight a horse or a jockey at a race; to weight a whip handle

10. (verb) weight
to assign a weight to; to express by a number the probable accuracy of, as an observation. See Weight of observations, under Weight


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