Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: weighted
IPA transcription: [w'eɪtɪd]
adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: leaden, weighted
    Meaning: made heavy or weighted down with weariness; "his leaden arms"; "weighted eyelids"
Usage examples
  • Then a handful of twigs is dipped in water and weighted with stones, while a spell is chanted.
  • These were weighted and floated in various parts in such a manner that they could be thrown out in a diagonal direction.
  • Then hand the boy one of the weighted balls, and after he has felt its weight put it back with the other similar-appearing balls and see if he can again discover it.
  • First came a troop of soldiers, then Marianna, weighted down with chains, and last of all, a little group in which were Garabin, the magician, and some of Garabin's favorites.
  • There is a letter, written by Sir Matthew Begbie, describing how the mountain trails were infested that winter by desperadoes lying in wait for the miners who came staggering over the trail literally weighted down with gold.
  • The Montessori weighted forms are excellent for training his muscular recognition of difference of weight, and an excellent way is to put various quantities of birdshot into half a dozen exactly similar little rubber balls that can be purchased at any toy store for two cents apiece.