Définitions
1.NounUnremitting heavy weight that does not move.
2.NounThe largest weight of cargo a ship is able to carry; i.e., the weight of a ship when fully loaded minus its weight when empty.
3.NounA dead load.
4.NounThat which is useless or excess; that which slows something down."Synonyms: dead wood; She wants to shed the dead weight of so many stacks of old clutter."
5.NounThe total (unpowered) weight of a train to be propelled (or hauled) by the locomotive; another locomotive being hauled dead as part of the train is a dead weight.
6.AdverbWith just enough weight for a ball to drop into a pocket, or come to rest in a precisely determined position."He rolled the red in dead weight, and now he's nicely on the blue."