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Weight

noun
/weɪt/
Word Frequency: 70.4

Definitions

1.noun(physical) Matter, material.
2.nounA large quantity; a sum.
3.nounThe Eucharist, now especially in Roman Catholicism.
4.nounCelebration of the Eucharist.
5.noun(usually as the Mass) The sacrament of the Eucharist.
6.nounA musical setting of parts of the mass.
7.nounThe force on an object due to the gravitational attraction between it and the Earth (or whatever astronomical object it is primarily influenced by).
8.nounAn object used to make something heavier.
9.nounA standardized block of metal used in a balance to measure the mass of another object.
10.nounImportance or influence.
11.nounAn object, such as a weight plate or barbell, used for strength training.
"He's working out with weights."
12.noun(lubricants) viscosity rating.
13.nounMass (atomic weight, molecular weight, etc.) (in restricted circumstances)
14.noun(measurement) Mass (net weight, troy weight, carat weight, etc.).
15.nounA variable which multiplies a value for ease of statistical manipulation.
16.nounThe smallest cardinality of a base.
17.nounThe boldness of a font; the relative thickness of its strokes.
18.noun(visual art) The relative thickness of a drawn rule or painted brushstroke, line weight.
19.noun(visual art) The illusion of mass.
20.noun(visual art) The thickness and opacity of paint.
21.nounPressure; burden.
"the weight of care or business"
22.nounThe resistance against which a machine acts, as opposed to the power which moves it.
23.nounShipments of (often illegal) drugs.
"He was pushing weight."
24.nounOne pound (1 lb) of drugs, especially cannabis.
25.verbTo add weight to something; to make something heavier.
26.verbTo load, burden or oppress someone.
27.verbTo assign weights to individual statistics.
28.verbTo bias something; to slant.
29.verbTo handicap a horse with a specified weight.
30.verbTo give a certain amount of force to a throw, kick, hit, etc.

Synonyms

angleburthenslantweight downburdenexercising weightsystem of weightsweight unitsolidfocusvolumeton

Rhymes With

elucidatearticulatedesolatefacilitateprofligateexplicatedeliberatedelineate
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