Synonyms:
weight
Meaning: the vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity
Synonyms:
weight, free_weight, exercising_weight
Meaning: 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
Synonyms:
weight, weightiness
Meaning: the relative importance granted to something; "his opinion carries great weight"; "the progression implied an increasing weightiness of the items listed"
Synonyms:
weight
Meaning: an artifact that is heavy
Synonyms:
weight
Meaning: an oppressive feeling of heavy force; "bowed down by the weight of responsibility"
verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
burden, burthen, weight, weight_down
Meaning: weight down with a load
Synonyms:
slant, angle, weight
Meaning: present with a bias; "He biased his presentation so as to please the share holders"
Usage examples
THE WEIGHT OF EVIDENCE
FEMININE HEIGHT AND WEIGHT.
I shall never feel her weight."
A Vandyke--and worth it's weight in gold."
He threw a ton's weight of resolve upon his muscles
"The trouble was in the weight," said the carpenter.
I estimated the weight of this giant clam at 300 kilograms.
Its weight will be but a trifle--it is nothing--mere nothing.
Such words had some weight, but not enough to secure unanimity.
She felt that it was a great weight suddenly thrown upon her shoulders.