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English Dictionary: weight by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
weight
n
  1. the vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity
  2. sports equipment used in calisthenic exercises and weightlifting; it is not attached to anything and is raised and lowered by use of the hands and arms
    Synonym(s): weight, free weight, exercising weight
  3. the relative importance granted to something; "his opinion carries great weight"; "the progression implied an increasing weightiness of the items listed"
    Synonym(s): weight, weightiness
  4. an artifact that is heavy
  5. an oppressive feeling of heavy force; "bowed down by the weight of responsibility"
  6. a system of units used to express the weight of something
    Synonym(s): system of weights, weight
  7. a unit used to measure weight; "he placed two weights in the scale pan"
    Synonym(s): weight unit, weight
  8. (statistics) a coefficient assigned to elements of a frequency distribution in order to represent their relative importance
    Synonym(s): weight, weighting
v
  1. weight down with a load [syn: burden, burthen, weight, weight down]
    Antonym(s): disburden, unburden
  2. present with a bias; "He biased his presentation so as to please the share holders"
    Synonym(s): slant, angle, weight
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Weight \Weight\, n. [OE. weght, wight, AS. gewiht; akin to D.
      gewigt, G. gewicht, Icel. v[91]tt, Sw. vigt, Dan. v[91]gt.
      See {Weigh}, v. t.]
      1. The quality of being heavy; that property of bodies by
            which they tend toward the center of the earth; the effect
            of gravitative force, especially when expressed in certain
            units or standards, as pounds, grams, etc.
  
      Note: Weight differs from gravity in being the effect of
               gravity, or the downward pressure of a body under the
               influence of gravity; hence, it constitutes a measure
               of the force of gravity, and being the resultant of all
               the forces exerted by gravity upon the different
               particles of the body, it is proportional to the
               quantity of matter in the body.
  
      2. The quantity of heaviness; comparative tendency to the
            center of the earth; the quantity of matter as estimated
            by the balance, or expressed numerically with reference to
            some standard unit; as, a mass of stone having the weight
            of five hundred pounds.
  
                     For sorrow, like a heavy-hanging bell, Once set on
                     ringing, with his own weight goes.      --Shak.
  
      3. Hence, pressure; burden; as, the weight of care or
            business. [bd]The weight of this said time.[b8] --Shak.
  
                     For the public all this weight he bears. --Milton.
  
                     [He] who singly bore the world's sad weight.
                                                                              --Keble.
  
      4. Importance; power; influence; efficacy; consequence;
            moment; impressiveness; as, a consideration of vast
            weight.
  
                     In such a point of weight, so near mine honor.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      5. A scale, or graduated standard, of heaviness; a mode of
            estimating weight; as, avoirdupois weight; troy weight;
            apothecaries' weight.
  
      6. A ponderous mass; something heavy; as, a clock weight; a
            paper weight.
  
                     A man leapeth better with weights in his hands.
                                                                              --Bacon.
  
      7. A definite mass of iron, lead, brass, or other metal, to
            be used for ascertaining the weight of other bodies; as,
            an ounce weight.
  
      8. (Mech.) The resistance against which a machine acts, as
            opposed to the power which moves it. [Obs.]
  
      {Atomic weight}. (Chem.) See under {Atomic}, and cf.
            {Element}.
  
      {Dead weight}, {Feather weight}, {Heavy weight}, {Light
      weight}, etc. See under {Dead}, {Feather}, etc.
  
      {Weight of observation} (Astron. & Physics), a number
            expressing the most probable relative value of each
            observation in determining the result of a series of
            observations of the same kind.
  
      Syn: Ponderousness; gravity; heaviness; pressure; burden;
               load; importance; power; influence; efficacy;
               consequence; moment; impressiveness.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Weight \Weight\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Weighted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Weighting}.]
      1. To load with a weight or weights; to load down; to make
            heavy; to attach weights to; as, to weight a horse or a
            jockey at a race; to weight a whip handle.
  
                     The arrows of satire, . . . weighted with sense.
                                                                              --Coleridge.
  
      2. (Astron. & Physics) To assign a weight to; to express by a
            number the probable accuracy of, as an observation. See
            {Weight of observations}, under {Weight}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Weight \Weight\, v. t. (Dyeing)
      To load (fabrics) as with barite, to increase the weight,
      etc.
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