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Definition weight

Etymology

From Middle English weight, wei?te, weght, wight, from Old English wiht, ?ewiht (“weight”), from Proto-Germanic *wihtiz ("weight"; compare *wegan? (“to move”)), from Proto-Indo-European *we??- (“to move; pull; draw; drive”).

Cognate with Scots wecht, weicht (“weight”), Saterland Frisian Wächte (“scale”), Gewicht (“weight”), West Frisian gewicht (“weight”), Dutch gewicht (“weight”), German Low German Wicht, Gewicht (“weight”) and German Gewicht (“weight”).

Noun

weight (countable and uncountable, plural weights)

  1. The force on an object due to the gravitational attraction between it and the Earth (or whatever astronomical object it is primarily influenced by).
  2. An object used to make something heavier.
  3. A standardized block of metal used in a balance to measure the mass of another object.
  4. Importance or influence.
  5. (weightlifting) An object, such as a weight plate or barbell, used for strength training.
  6. (physics) Mass (atomic weight, molecular weight, etc.) (in restricted circumstances)
  7. (physics, proscribed) Synonym of mass (in general circumstances)
  8. (measurement) Mass (net weight, troy weight, carat weight, etc.).
  9. (statistics) A variable which multiplies a value for ease of statistical manipulation.
  10. (topology) The smallest cardinality of a base.
  11. (typography) The boldness of a font; the relative thickness of its strokes.
  12. (visual art) The relative thickness of a drawn rule or painted brushstroke, line weight.
  13. (visual art) The illusion of mass.
  14. (visual art) The thickness and opacity of paint.
  15. Pressure; burden.
  16. The resistance against which a machine acts, as opposed to the power which moves it.
  17. (slang, uncountable) Shipments of (often illegal) drugs.
  18. (slang, countable) One pound (1 lb) of drugs, especially cannabis.

Verb

weight (third-person singular simple present weights, present participle weighting, simple past and past participle weighted)

  1. (transitive) To add weight to something; to make something heavier.
    1. (transitive, dyeing) To load (fabrics) with barite, etc. to increase the weight.
  2. (transitive) To load, burden or oppress someone.
  3. (transitive, mathematics) To assign weights to individual statistics.
  4. (transitive) To bias something; to slant.
  5. (transitive, horse racing) To handicap a horse with a specified weight.
  6. (transitive, sports) To give a certain amount of force to a throw, kick, hit, etc.

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