1. (

• weight

) the vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity ;

2. (

• weight ,
• free_weight ,
• exercising_weight

) 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 ;

3. (

• weight ,
• weightiness ,

) the relative importance granted to something; "his opinion carries great weight"; "the progression implied an increasing weightiness of the items listed" ;

4. (

• weight

) an artifact that is heavy ;

5. (

• weight

) an oppressive feeling of heavy force; "bowed down by the weight of responsibility" ;

6. (

• system_of_weights ,
• weight ,

) a system of units used to express the weight of something ;

7. (

• weight_unit ,
• weight

) a unit used to measure weight; "he placed two weights in the scale pan" ;

8. (

• weight ,
• weighting

) (statistics) a coefficient assigned to elements of a frequency distribution in order to represent their relative importance ;

1. (

• burden ,
• burthen ,
• weight ,
• weight_down

) weight down with a load ;

2. (

• slant ,
• angle ,
• weight

) present with a bias; "He biased his presentation so as to please the share holders" ;