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Noun weight has 8 senses
  1. weight - the vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity
    --1 is a kind of     physical property
    --1 has particulars:
     body weight; dead weight; heaviness, weightiness; poundage; throw-weight; lightness, weightlessness
  2. weight, free weight, exercising weight - sports equipment used in calisthenic exercises and weightlifting; a weight that is not attached to anything and is raised and lowered by use of the hands and arms
    --2 is a kind of sports equipment, sporting goods
    --2 has particulars: barbell; dumbbell
  3. weight - the relative importance granted to something; "his opinion carries great weight"
    --3 is a kind of     importance
  4. weight - an artifact that is heavy
    --4 is a kind of     artifact, artefact
    --4 has particulars:
     bob; counterweight, counterbalance, counterpoise, balance, equalizer, equaliser; load, loading, burden; makeweight; paperweight; sinker
    Derived form: verb weight1
  5. weight - an oppressive feeling of heavy force; "bowed down by the weight of responsibility"
    --5 is a kind of     oppression, oppressiveness
  6. system of weights, weight - a system of units used to express the weight of something
    --6 is a kind of system of measurement, metric
    --6 has particulars: avoirdupois, avoirdupois weight; troy, troy weight
  7. weight unit, weight - a unit used to measure weight; "he placed two weights in the scale pan"
    --7 is a kind of unit of measurement, unit
    --7 has particulars:
     troy unit; apothecaries' unit, apothecaries' weight; arroba; catty, cattie; crith; frail; last; maund; obolus; oka; picul; pood; rotl; tael; tod; welterweight
  8. weight, weighting - (statistics) a coefficient assigned to elements of a frequency distribution in order to represent their relative importance
    --8 is a kind of coefficient
    Derived form: verb weight2
,Verb weight has 2 senses
  1. burden, burthen, weight, weight down - weight down with a load
    --1 is one way to charge
    Derived form: noun weight4
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Somebody ----s something with something
  2. slant, angle, weight - present with a bias; "He biased his presentation so as to please the share holders"
    --2 is one way to bias, predetermine
    Derived form: noun weight8
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
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