Definitions for weight



Overview of noun weight

The noun weight has 8 senses? (first 5 from tagged texts)
1. (26) weight

(the vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity)

2. (5) 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. (4) weight, weightiness

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

4. (3) weight

(an artifact that is heavy)

5. (2) weight

(an oppressive feeling of heavy force; "bowed down by the weight of responsibility")

6. system of weights, weight

(a system of units used to express the weight of something)

7. weight unit, weight

(a unit used to measure weight; "he placed two weights in the scale pan")

8. weight, weighting

((statistics) a coefficient assigned to elements of a frequency distribution in order to represent their relative importance)


Overview of verb weight

The verb weight has 2 senses? (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (1) burden, burthen, weight, weight down

(weight down with a load)

2. (1) slant, angle, weight

(present with a bias; "He biased his presentation so as to please the share holders")

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