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▸ noun: An object used to make something heavier.
▸ noun: A standardized block of metal used in a balance to measure the mass of another object.
▸ noun: (figurative) Importance or influence.
▸ noun: (weightlifting) An object, such as a weight plate or barbell, used for strength training.
▸ noun: (lubricants) Viscosity rating.
▸ noun: (physics) Mass (atomic weight, molecular weight, etc.) (in restricted circumstances).
▸ noun: (physics, proscribed) Synonym of mass (in general circumstances).
▸ noun: (measurement) Mass (net weight, troy weight, carat weight, etc.).
▸ noun: (statistics) A variable which multiplies a value for ease of statistical manipulation.
▸ noun: (topology) The smallest cardinality of a base.
▸ noun: (typography) The boldness of a font; the relative thickness of its strokes.
▸ noun: (visual art) The relative thickness of a drawn rule or painted brushstroke, line weight.
▸ noun: (visual art) The illusion of mass.
▸ noun: (visual art) The thickness and opacity of paint.
▸ noun: The thickness of yarn.
▸ noun: (figurative) Pressure; burden.
▸ noun: The resistance against which a machine acts, as opposed to the power which moves it.
▸ noun: (slang, uncountable) Shipments of (often illegal) drugs.
▸ noun: (slang, countable) One pound of drugs, especially cannabis.
▸ noun: (criminal slang, dated) Money.
▸ noun: Weight class
▸ noun: (especially in computing) Emphasis applied to a given criterion.
▸ verb: (transitive) To add weight to something; to make something heavier.
▸ verb: (transitive, dyeing) To load (fabrics) with barite, etc. to increase the weight.
▸ verb: (transitive) To load, burden or oppress someone.
▸ verb: (transitive, mathematics) To assign weights to individual statistics.
▸ verb: (transitive) To bias something; to slant.
▸ verb: (transitive, horse racing) To handicap a horse with a specified weight.
▸ verb: (transitive, sports) To give a certain amount of force to a throw, kick, hit, etc.
▸ noun: A surname.
Similar:
weight down,
slant,
burden,
burthen,
angle,
exercising weight,
system of weights,
weight unit,
bodyweight,
poundage,
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