Dictionary Entry
weight
weight is a 6-letter English word with 20 senses as transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 13 · 20 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
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.
- 2transitive verb
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.
- 3transitive verb
Hence, pressure; burden; as, the weight of care or business.
- 4transitive verb
Importance; power; influence; efficacy; consequence; moment; impressiveness; as, a consideration of vast weight.
- 5transitive verb
A scale, or graduated standard, of heaviness; a mode of estimating weight; as, avoirdupois weight; troy weight; apothecaries' weight.
- 6transitive verb
A ponderous mass; something heavy; as, a clock weight; a paper weight.
- 7transitive verb
A definite mass of iron, lead, brass, or other metal, to be used for ascertaining the weight of other bodies; as, an ounce weight.
- 8transitive verb
The resistance against which a machine acts, as opposed to the power which moves it.
- 9transitive verb
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.
- 10transitive verb
To assign a weight to; to express by a number the probable accuracy of, as an observation. See Weight of observations, under Weight.
- 11noun
an artifact that is heavy
- 12noun
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
- 13noun
the vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity
- 14noun
the relative importance granted to something
"his opinion carries great weight"
"the progression implied an increasing weightiness of the items listed"
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- 15noun
an oppressive feeling of heavy force
"bowed down by the weight of responsibility"
- 16noun
(statistics) a coefficient assigned to elements of a frequency distribution in order to represent their relative importance
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- 17noun
a unit used to measure weight
"he placed two weights in the scale pan"
- 18noun
a system of units used to express the weight of something
- 19verb
present with a bias
"He biased his presentation so as to please the share holders"
- 20verb
weight down with a load
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