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

1. transitive 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.
2. transitive 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.
3. transitive verb. Hence, pressure; burden; as, the weight of care or business.
4. transitive verb. Importance; power; influence; efficacy; consequence; moment; impressiveness; as, a consideration of vast weight.
5. transitive verb. A scale, or graduated standard, of heaviness; a mode of estimating weight; as, avoirdupois weight; troy weight; apothecaries' weight.
6. transitive verb. A ponderous mass; something heavy; as, a clock weight; a paper weight.
7. transitive 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.
8. transitive verb. The resistance against which a machine acts, as opposed to the power which moves it.
9. transitive 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.
10. transitive verb. To assign a weight to; to express by a number the probable accuracy of, as an observation. See Weight of observations, under Weight.
11. noun. an artifact that is heavy
12. noun. 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
13. noun. the vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity
14. noun. the relative importance granted to something

    "his opinion carries great weight"

    "the progression implied an increasing weightiness of the items listed"

    Synonyms: weightiness

15. noun. an oppressive feeling of heavy force

    "bowed down by the weight of responsibility"

16. noun. (statistics) a coefficient assigned to elements of a frequency distribution in order to represent their relative importance

    Synonyms: weighting

17. noun. a unit used to measure weight

    "he placed two weights in the scale pan"

18. noun. a system of units used to express the weight of something
19. verb. present with a bias

    "He biased his presentation so as to please the share holders"

    Synonyms: angle, slant

20. verb. weight down with a load

    Synonyms: burden, burthen

Synonyms

weightiness, weighting, angle, slant, burden, burthen

Common word forms

weights, weighted, weighter, weighting, weightless

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