WEIGHT
Definition:
- [noun] the vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity
- [noun] sports equipment used in calisthenic exercises and weightlifting; a weight that is not attached to anything and is raised and lowered by use of the hands and arms
Synonyms: free exercising
- [noun] the relative importance granted to something; "his opinion carries great weight"
- [noun] an artifact that is heavy
- [noun] an oppressive feeling of heavy force; "bowed down by the weight of responsibility"
- [noun] a system of units used to express the weight of something
Synonyms: system of s
- [noun] a unit used to measure weight; "he placed two weights in the scale pan"
Synonyms: unit
- [noun] (statistics) a coefficient assigned to elements of a frequency distribution in order to represent their relative importance
Synonyms: ing
- [verb] weight down with a load
Synonyms: burden, burthen, down
- [verb] present with a bias; "He biased his presentation so as to please the share holders"
Synonyms: slant, angle
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Related Words:
- overburden
- plumb
- saddle
- body weight
- dead weight
- heaviness, weightiness
- poundage
- throw-weight
- lightness, weightlessness
- barbell
- dumbbell
- bob
- counterweight, counterbalance, counterpoise, balance, equalizer, equaliser
- load, loading, burden
- makeweight
- paperweight
- sinker
- avoirdupois, avoirdupois weight
- troy, troy weight
- troy unit
- apothecaries' unit, apothecaries' weight
- arroba
- catty, cattie
- crith
- frail
- last
- maund
- obolus
- oka
- picul
- pood
- rotl
- tael
- tod
- welterweight
