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weight

(w/eI/t )

the vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity(noun.attribute)

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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(noun.artifact)

Synonym:
exercising weight, free weight

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the relative importance granted to something(noun.attribute)

Example:
His opinion carries great weight.
The progression implied an increasing weightiness of the items listed.

Synonym:
weightiness

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an artifact that is heavy(noun.artifact)

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an oppressive feeling of heavy force(noun.feeling)

Example:
Bowed down by the weight of responsibility.

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a system of units used to express the weight of something(noun.quantity)

Synonym:
system of weights

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a unit used to measure weight(noun.quantity)

Example:
He placed two weights in the scale pan.

Synonym:
weight unit

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

Synonym:
weighting

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The quality of being heavy; that property of bodies by which they tend toward the center of the earth; the effect of gravitative force, especially when expressed in certain units or standards, as pounds, grams, etc.(noun)

source: webster1913

weight down with a load(verb.contact)

Synonym:
burden, burthen, weight down
Antonym:
disburden, unburden

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present with a bias(verb.cognition)

Synonym:
angle, slant

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To load with a weight or weights; to load down; to make heavy; to attach weights to; as, to weight a horse or a jockey at a race; to weight a whip handle.(verb)

source: webster1913
To load (fabrics) as with barite, to increase the weight, etc.(verb)

source: webster1913