Word: weight Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English weight, weiȝte, weght, wight, from Old English wiht, ġewiht (“weight”), from Proto-Germanic *wihtiz ("weight"; compare *weganą (“to move”)), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- (“to move; pull; draw; drive”). Equivalent to weigh + -t (abstract nominal suffix). Cognate with Scots wecht, weicht (“weight”), Saterland Frisian Wächte (“scale”), Gewicht (“weight”), West Frisian gewicht (“weight”), Dutch gewicht (“weight”), German Low German Wicht, Gewicht (“weight”), German Wucht (“massiveness, force”), Gewicht (“weight”). Pronunciation: /weɪt/ 1. The downwards force an object experiences due to gravity. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. An object used to make something heavier. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A standardized block of metal used in a balance to measure the mass of another object. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. Importance or influence. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: I liked the man for his own sake, and even had he promised to turn out a celebrity it would have had no weight with me. I look upon notoriety with the same indifference as on the buttons on a man's shirt-front, or the crest on his note-paper. Example: Another knight came to settle on the island, a man of much weight and position, on whom the Adelantados of all the island relied, and who was made a magistrate. 5. An object, such as a weight plate or barbell, used for strength training. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He's working out with weights. Weight-bearing exercise is now understood to be just as important as cardio. 6. An object, such as a weight plate or barbell, used for strength training. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, sometimes, specifically, uncountable Example: I prefer weights over machines. 7. Viscosity rating. Labels: countable, uncountable 8. Mass (atomic weight, molecular weight, etc.) (in restricted circumstances). Labels: countable, uncountable 9. Synonym of mass (in general circumstances). Labels: countable, proscribed, uncountable 10. Mass (net weight, troy weight, carat weight, etc.). Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I'm the same weight as I was ten years ago. 11. Ellipsis of weight function. Labels: countable, uncountable 12. Ellipsis of weight function. Labels: countable, especially, uncountable Example: Even though it's got its two features of color and hardness, it doesn't know how much importance or, as computer scientists say, weight to place on each of them. Example: “Logits” are the vectors of weights. 13. The smallest cardinality of a base. Labels: countable, uncountable 14. The boldness of a font; the relative thickness of its strokes. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: font weight 15. The relative thickness of a drawn rule or painted brushstroke, line weight. Labels: countable, uncountable 16. The illusion of mass. Labels: countable, uncountable 17. The thickness and opacity of paint. Labels: countable, uncountable 18. The thickness of yarn. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: If you'd like to use a different weight of yarn, just check the label for the recommended crochet hook size and use that. Example: The weight of the finished thread also varies with the spinner, although the general aim is laceweight singles for weaving. 19. Pressure; burden. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: the weight of care or business Example: The waight of this ſad time we muſt obey[…] 20. The resistance against which a machine acts, as opposed to the power which moves it. Labels: countable, uncountable 21. Shipments of (often illegal) drugs. Labels: slang, uncountable Example: He was pushing weight. Example: The three of us were hanging out rapping in Hamilton projects with some niggahs Pimp had got tight with on Rikers Island. Them fools had done a push-in and took over some old lady's apartment, and they were in there cutting crack and mixing weight. 22. One pound of drugs, especially cannabis. Labels: countable, slang Example: [I was] doing a weight [1 lb. at that time] a week, sometimes more, sometimes less. Example: The ones the CIB should be looking out for, to her mind, were the officers who raided a flat, found a couple of weights of cannabis and stashed half of it before they made the collar. The cannabis would make its way back on to the street […] 23. Money. Labels: countable, dated, uncountable Example: No matter how much money he makes, he is still a soldier, but he has the weight. 24. Weight class. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: You’re no match for ’em. You ain’t up to their weight. It’s like little Black Strap standing up to Tom Spring,—the Black’s a pretty fighter but, Law bless you, his arm ain’t long enough to touch Tom,—and I tell you, you’re going it with fellers beyond your weight. 25. Weight class. Labels: countable, uncountable