weight

  • 21weight — I UK [weɪt] / US noun Word forms weight : singular weight plural weights *** 1) a) [uncountable] a measurement of how heavy a person or thing is in weight: It was about 12 pounds in weight. lose weight (= become thinner): Have you lost weight?… …

    English dictionary

  • 22weight — /weɪt / (say wayt) noun 1. amount of heaviness; amount a thing weighs. 2. the force which gravitation exerts upon a material body, varying with altitude and latitude. It is often taken as a measure of the mass, which does not vary, and is equal… …

  • 23weight — I n. amount weighed, heaviness 1) to gain, put on weight 2) to lose, take off weight 3) dead; gross; minimum; net weight 4) atomic; avoirdupois; birth; molecular weight 5) under a weight (the table collapsed under the weight of the food) device… …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 24weight — n. & v. n. 1 Physics a the force experienced by a body as a result of the earth s gravitation (cf. MASS(1) n. 8). b any similar force with which a body tends to a centre of attraction. 2 the heaviness of a body regarded as a property of it; its… …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 25weight — I. noun Etymology: Middle English wight, weght, from Old English wiht; akin to Old Norse vætt weight, Old English wegan to weigh Date: before 12th century 1. a. the amount that a thing weighs b. (1) the standard or established amount that a thing …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 26weight — handy·weight; pen·ny·weight·er; sub·weight; weight·age; weight; weight·er; weight·i·ly; weight·i·ness; weight·less; Weight·om·e·ter; coun·ter·weight; weight·ed·ly; weight·ed·ness; weight·less·ly; weight·less·ness; …

    English syllables

  • 27weight — [[t]weɪt[/t]] n. 1) wam the amount or quantity of heaviness or mass; amount a thing weighs 2) phs the force that gravitation exerts upon a body, equal to the mass of the body times the local acceleration of gravity 3) wam a system of units for… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 28weight*/*/*/ — [weɪt] noun I 1) [U] a measurement of how heavy a person or thing is It was about 12 pounds in weight.[/ex] Have you lost weight (= become thinner)?[/ex] Susan put on weight (= became fatter) after her accident.[/ex] I am trying to watch my… …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • 29weight — A measure of heaviness or ponderosity; and in a metaphorical sense influence, effectiveness, or power to influence judgment or conduct. The quantity of heaviness, the quality of being heavy, the degree or extent of downward pressure under the… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 30weight — I n 1. heaviness, heft, heftiness, weightiness, ponderousness, ponderosity, gravity; pounds, tonnage, pressure; mass, density, volume, size; bulk, bulkiness, largeness, bigness, amplitude. 2. load, burden, onus, cross, millstone, albatross; duty …

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