weight

Meaning

1. The force an object exerts on the object it is on due to gravitation.
2. An object used to make something heavier.
3. A standardized block of metal used in a balance to measure the mass of another object.
4. Importance or influence.
5. An object, such as a weight plate or barbell, used for strength training.
6. Viscosity rating.
7. Mass (atomic weight, molecular weight, etc.) (in restricted circumstances)
8. Synonym of mass (in general circumstances)
9. Mass (net weight, troy weight, carat weight, etc.).
10. A variable which multiplies a value for ease of statistical manipulation.
11. The smallest cardinality of a base.
12. The boldness of a font; the relative thickness of its strokes.
13. The relative thickness of a drawn rule or painted brushstroke, line weight.
14. The illusion of mass.
15. The thickness and opacity of paint.
16. Pressure; burden.
17. The resistance against which a machine acts, as opposed to the power which moves it.
18. (slang) Shipments of (often illegal) drugs.
19. (slang) One pound of drugs, especially cannabis.
20. (slang) Money.
21. Weight class
22. Emphasis applied to a given criterion.

heaviness

load

system of weights

concernment

exercising weight

free weight

weight unit

preponderance

pressing down

rear guard

ponderancy

stone roller

back balance

prevalency

weight number

become heavy

weighted high-duty

commanding presence

concentrate on

counter balance

load down

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/weɪt/

From Middle English weight, weiȝte, weght, wight, from Old English wiht, ġewiht (“weight”), from Proto-Germanic *wihtiz ("weight"; compare *weganą (“to move”)), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- (“to move; pull; draw; drive”). Equivalent to weigh + -th. Cognate with Scots wecht, weicht (“weight”), Saterland Frisian Wächte (“scale”), Gewicht (“weight”), West Frisian gewicht (“weight”), Dutch gewicht (“weight”), German Low German Wicht, Gewicht (“weight”), German Wucht (“massiveness, force”), Gewicht (“weight”).