weight

Meanings

Noun

• The force on an object due to the gravitational attraction between it and the Earth (or whatever astronomical object it is primarily influenced by).
• An object used to make something heavier.
• A standardized block of metal used in a balance to measure the mass of another object.
• Importance or influence.
• An object, such as a weight plate or barbell, used for strength training.
• viscosity rating.
• Mass (atomic weight, molecular weight, etc.)
• Synonym of mass
• Mass (net weight, troy weight, carat weight, etc.).
• A variable which multiplies a value for ease of statistical manipulation.
• The smallest cardinality of a base.
• The boldness of a font; the relative thickness of its strokes.
• The relative thickness of a drawn rule or painted brushstroke, line weight.
• The illusion of mass.
• The thickness and opacity of paint.
• Pressure; burden.
• The resistance against which a machine acts, as opposed to the power which moves it.
• Shipments of (often illegal) drugs.
• One pound of drugs, especially cannabis.
• Money.

Verb

• To add weight to something; to make something heavier.
• To load, burden or oppress someone.
• To assign weights to individual statistics.
• To bias something; to slant.
• To handicap a horse with a specified weight.
• To give a certain amount of force to a throw, kick, hit, etc.

Origin

• , from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- ("to move; pull; draw; drive").
• Cognate with Scots wecht, weicht, Saterland Frisian Wächte ("scale") and Gewicht, West Frisian gewicht ("weight"), Dutch gewicht ("weight"), German Low German Wicht, Gewicht and German Gewicht ("weight").