Meaning of weight | Babel Free

Definitions

1. weight (object cf. peso)
2. A surname.
3. The downwards force an object experiences due to gravity.
   countable, uncountable
4. The downwards force an object experiences due to gravity
5. dumbbell
6. An object used to make something heavier.
   countable, uncountable
7. An object used to make something heavier
8. According to weight rather than volume or other measure.
9. balance, scales
10. A standardized block of metal used in a balance to measure the mass of another object
11. A standardized block of metal used in a balance to measure the mass of another object.
    countable, uncountable
12. Sports To weigh within the limits stipulated for an athletic contest.
    Sports
13. third-person singular present indicative
14. Importance or influence
15. Importance or influence.
    countable, figuratively, uncountable
16. The pull of gravity on an object. Weight is measured in newtons.
17. second-person singular imperative
18. An object, such as a weight plate or barbell, used for strength training
19. To place a burden or heavy load on:burden, charge, cumber, encumber, freight, lade, load, saddle, tax.
20. An object, such as a weight plate or barbell, used for strength training.
    countable, uncountable
21. not affected by the earth's gravity pull. The astronauts became weightless on going into orbit round the earth. gewigloos عَديم الوَزْن безтегловен sem peso bez tíže schwerelos vægtløs χωρίς βάρος ingrávido kaalutu بي وزن painoton en état d'apesanteur חֲסַר מִשקָל भारहीन bestežinski súlytalan tanpa gaya berat þyngdarlaus senza peso 無重力の 무중력 상태의 besvoris bezsvara-; bez svara tidak penting gewichtloosvektløs nieważki بی وزن sem peso fără greutate невесомый beztiažny breztežen bestežinski viktlö...
22. Ellipsis of free weight, as contrasted with the weights inside an exercise machine.
    abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, sometimes, specifically, uncountable
23. gewigloosheid إنْعِدام الوَزْن безтвгловност ausência de peso beztížnost die Schwerelosigkeit vægtløshed έλλειψη βάρους ingravidez kaalutus بي وزني painottomuus apesanteur חוֹסֶר מִשקָל भारहीनता bestežinsko stanje súlytalanság keadaan tanpa gaya berat þyngdarleysi (assenza di peso/gravità) 無重力 무중력 상태 nesvarumas bezsvars tidak pentingnya gewichtloosheidvektløshet nieważkość بی وزنی ausência de peso lipsă de greutate невесомость stav bez tiaže breztežnost bestežinsko stanje viktlöshet สภาวะไร้น...
24. Viscosity rating.
    countable, uncountable
25. swaar بِثِقَل тежко pesadamente těžce gewichtig tungt σημαντικά, ισχυρά pesadamente kaalukalt با سنگيني painavasti pesammentבכבדות महत्वपूर्ण रूप से teško nehezen, súlyosan; nyomatékosan secara penting með þunga pesantemente 重く 무겁게 svariai, sunkiai svarīgi; smagi dengan berat gewichtigmed tyngdeciężko ستومانوونكى pesadamente cu greutate веско; тяжело ťažko tehtno teško tungt อย่างมีน้ำหนัก önemle 重壓地 важко; авторитетно بھاری پن سے rất nặng 重压地
26. Mass (atomic weight, molecular weight, etc.) (in restricted circumstances).
    countable, uncountable
27. swaarheid ثِقَل، أهَمِيَّه тежест peso váha; závažnost die Gewichtigkeit, die Bedeutung tunghed βαρύτητα, σημασίαpeso, importancia kaalukus سنگيني painavuus importance, lourdeurכבדות महत्व težina súly(osság) keadaan penting þungi pesantezza, importanza 重要性 무거움 svarumas, sunkumas svarīgums; smagums dengan beratnya gewichtbetydningsfullhetciężar زښتمن peso importanţă, greutate вескость; тяжесть váha; závažnosť teža težina tyngd, vikt, betydelse การมีน้ำหนัก önem, ehemniyet 重壓 вагомість بھاری پن...
28. Synonym of mass (in general circumstances).
    countable, proscribed, uncountable
29. a (public) machine for weighing people, loads etc; a scale. I weighed myself on the weighing-machine at the railway station. weegmasjien, skaal آلة وَزْن، ماكِنَة للوَزْن кантар balança váha die Waage vægt ζυγαριάbalanza kaal ترازو vaaka balanceמשקל वजन करने वाली मशीन vaga mérleg timbangan (skála)vog, vigt bilancia 計量器 대형 계량기 svarstyklės svari alat menimbang weegautomaat vekt waga automatyczna ترازو balança balanţă весы váha tehtnica vaga våg เอง่งน้ำหนัก kantar 秤重器 ваги وزن کرنے والی مشین th...
    etc
30. Mass (net weight, troy weight, carat weight, etc.).
    countable, uncountable
31. the sport of lifting weights. gewigoptel رَفْع أثْقال вдигане на тежести halterofilismo vzpírání das Gewichtheben vægtløftning άρση βαρώνhalterofilia, levantamiento de pesas (kaalu)pommi tõstmine وزنه برداري painonnosto haltérophilie הֲרָמָת מִשקוֹלוֹת भारोत्तोलन dizanje utega súlyemelés olahraga angkat berat sollevamento pesi 重量挙 역도 sunkumų kilnojimas svarcelšana angkat berat untuk sukan gewichtheffenvektløftingpodnoszenie ciężarówтяжелая атлетика vzpieranie dvigovanje uteži dizanje tegova t...
32. A variable which multiplies a value for ease of statistical manipulation.
    countable, uncountable
33. The smallest cardinality of a base.
    countable, uncountable
34. The boldness of a font; the relative thickness of its strokes.
    countable, uncountable
35. The relative thickness of a drawn rule or painted brushstroke, line weight.
    countable, uncountable
36. The illusion of mass.
    countable, uncountable
37. The thickness and opacity of paint.
    countable, uncountable
38. The thickness of yarn.
    countable, uncountable
39. Pressure; burden.
    countable, figuratively, uncountable
40. The resistance against which a machine acts, as opposed to the power which moves it.
    countable, uncountable
41. Shipments of (often illegal) drugs.
    slang, uncountable
42. One pound of drugs, especially cannabis.
    countable, slang
43. Money.
    countable, dated, uncountable
44. Weight class
    countable, uncountable
45. Emphasis applied to a given criterion.
    countable, especially, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“I liked the man for his own sake, and even had he promised to turn out a celebrity it would have had no weight with me. I look upon notoriety with the same indifference as on the buttons on a man's shirt-front, or the crest on his note-paper.”

“Another knight came to settle on the island, a man of much weight and position, on whom the Adelantados of all the island relied, and who was made a magistrate.”

“"You surely are a man of some weight around here," I said.”

“He's working out with weights. Weight-bearing exercise is now understood to be just as important as cardio.”

“I prefer weights over machines.”

“I'm the same weight as I was ten years ago.”

“font weight”

“If you'd like to use a different weight of yarn, just check the label for the recommended crochet hook size and use that.”

“the weight of care or business”

“The waight of this ſad time we muſt obey[…]”

“For the public all this weight he bears.”

“He was pushing weight.”

“The three of us were hanging out rapping in Hamilton projects with some niggahs Pimp had got tight with on Rikers Island. Them fools had done a push-in and took over some old lady's apartment, and they were in there cutting crack and mixing weight.”

“[I was] doing a weight [1 lb. at that time] a week, sometimes more, sometimes less.”

“The ones the CIB should be looking out for, to her mind, were the officers who raided a flat, found a couple of weights of cannabis and stashed half of it before they made the collar. The cannabis would make its way back on to the street […]”

“No matter how much money he makes, he is still a soldier, but he has the weight.”

“You’re no match for ’em. You ain’t up to their weight. It’s like little Black Strap standing up to Tom Spring,—the Black’s a pretty fighter but, Law bless you, his arm ain’t long enough to touch Tom,—and I tell you, you’re going it with fellers beyond your weight.”

““Logits” are the vectors of weights.”

“Even though it's got its two features of color and hardness, it doesn't know how much importance or, as computer scientists say, weight to place on each of them.”

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