weight

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n.

amount weighed, heaviness

1) to gain, put on weight

2) to lose, take off weight

3) dead; gross; minimum; net weight

4) atomic; avoirdupois; birth; molecular weight

5) under a weight (the table collapsed under the weight of the food)

device used for its heaviness in athletic exercises

6) to lift weights

7) heavy; light weights

8) a set of weights

importance

9) to carry weight

10) to add; attach, give, lend weight to

11) considerable weight

12) (misc.) to throw one's weight around/about (BE) ('to flaunt one's influence'); to pull one's weight ('to do one's fair share')

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v. (D; tr.) ('to slant') to weight against (the evidence was weighted against me)

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[weɪt]

attach

avoirdupois

birth

give

gross

lend weight to

light weights

minimum

molecular weight

net weight

put on weight

take off weight

to pull one's weight ('to do one's fair share')

['amount weighed, heaviness'] to gain

['device used for its heaviness in athletic exercises'] to lift weights

['importance'] to carry weight

a set of weights

atomic

considerable weight

dead

heavy

to add

to lose

(misc.) to throw one's weight around/about ('to flaunt one's influence'; BE)

(D; tr.) ('to slant') to weight against (the evidence was weighted against me)

under a weight (the table collapsed under the weight of the food)