Results for weight

Definitions of weight:

part of speech: verb transitive

To load down; to make heavy.

part of speech: noun

The heaviness of a body ascertained in a balance with a fixed standard; a mass, as a standard for weighing; gravity; something heavy; pressure; importance; consequence; moment.

part of speech: noun

The quality of being heavy; amount of heaviness; a mass of metal used as a balance in finding the heaviness of other bodies; a heavy mass; a load; something oppressive; as, a weight on the mind; pressure; power; importance.

part of speech: noun

The heaviness of a thing when weighed, or the amount which anything weighs: the force with which a body is attracted to the earth, measured by the mass into the acceleration: a mass of metal adjusted to a standard and used for finding weight: anything heavy: a ponderous mass: pressure: importance: power: impressiveness.

Usage examples for weight:

• Your age and experience will give your advice weight with him, I am sure, Mr. Page. "Lessons in Life, For All Who Will Read Them", T. S. Arthur

• Mine is a strong beast, and will make no difficulty, even of your weight "The Hour and the Man An Historical Romance", Harriet Martineau

• I feel just as though I'd got a heavy weight somewhere inside me. "The Fat and the Thin", Emile Zola

• And I kept him down to that weight a whole year, Mr. Brice. "The Crisis, Complete", Winston Churchill Last Updated: March 6, 2009