[weyt] 
| 1. | the amount or quantity of heaviness or mass; amount a thing weighs. |
| 2. | Physics. the force that gravitation exerts upon a body, equal to the mass of the body times the local acceleration of gravity: commonly taken, in a region of constant gravitational acceleration, as a measure of mass. |
| 3. | a system of units for expressing heaviness or mass: avoirdupois weight. |
| 4. | a unit of heaviness or mass: The pound is a common weight in English-speaking countries. |
| 5. | a body of determinate mass, as of metal, for using on a balance or scale in weighing objects, substances, etc. |
| 6. | a specific quantity of a substance that is determined by weighing or that weighs a fixed amount: a half-ounce weight of gold dust. |
| 7. | any heavy load, mass, or object: Put down that weight and rest your arms. |
| 8. | an object used or useful solely because of its heaviness: the weights of a clock. |
| 9. | a mental or moral burden, as of care, sorrow, or responsibility: Knowing you are safe takes a weight off my mind. |
| 10. | importance, moment, consequence, or effective influence: an opinion of great weight. |
| 11. | Statistics. a measure of the relative importance of an item in a statistical population. |
| 12. | (of clothing, textiles, etc.)
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| 13. | Printing. (of type) the degree of blackness or boldness. |
| 14. | (esp. in boxing) a division or class to which a contestant belongs according to how much he weighs: two brothers who fight professionally in the same weight. |
| 15. | the total amount the jockey, saddle, and leads must weigh on a racehorse during a race, according to the conditions of the race: Jacinto has a weight of 122 pounds in the seventh race. |
| 16. | the stress or accent value given a sound, syllable, or word. |
| 17. | to add weight to; load with additional weight: to weight sacks before dumping them overboard. |
| 18. | to load (fabrics, threads, etc.) with mineral or other matter to increase the weight or bulk. |
| 19. | to burden with or as if with weight (often fol. by down): Financial worries have weighted that family down for years. |
| 20. | Statistics. to give a statistical weight to. |
| 21. | to bias or slant toward a particular goal or direction; manipulate: The teacher weighted the test so students who had read both books would make the highest marks. |
| 22. | to assign (a racehorse) a specific weight to carry in a race: The handicapper weighted Dapper Dan with 128 pounds. |
| 23. | by weight, according to measurement of heaviness or mass: Rates are determined by weight. |
| 24. | carry weight, to have importance or significance; influence: Her opinion is certain to carry weight. |
| 25. | pull one's weight, to contribute one's rightful share of work to a project or job: We will finish in time if we each pull our weight. Also, pull one's own weight. |
| 26. | throw one's weight around or about, to use one's power and influence, esp. beyond the bounds of propriety, to secure some personal gain. |
| weight (wāt) n. Abbr. wt. or w
[Middle English wight, from Old English wiht; see wegh- in Indo-European roots.] |
weight (wāt)
n.
The force with which a body is attracted to Earth or another celestial body and which is equal to the product of the object's mass and the acceleration of gravity.
A measure of the heaviness of an object.
weight
see by weight; carry weight; dead weight; pull one's weight; put on weight; throw one's weight around; worth one's weight in gold;
