weight

== English == === Alternative forms === waight (obsolete) === 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 === enPR: wāt, IPA(key): /weɪt/ Rhymes: -eɪt Homophone: wait === Noun === weight (countable and uncountable, plural weights) The downwards force an object experiences due to gravity. An object used to make something heavier. A standardized block of metal used in a balance to measure the mass of another object. (figurative) Importance or influence. 1907 Alonso de Espinosa, Hakluyt Society & Sir Clements Robert Markham, The Guanches of Tenerife: the holy image of Our Lady of Candelaria, and the Spanish conquest and settlement, Printed for the Hakluyt Society, p116 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. (exercise, weightlifting) An object, such as a weight plate or barbell, used for strength training. (sometimes specifically) Ellipsis of free weight, as contrasted with the weights inside an exercise machine. Synonym: black iron (gym jargon) (lubricants) Viscosity rating. (physics) Mass (atomic weight, molecular weight, etc.) (in restricted circumstances). (physics, proscribed) Synonym of mass (in general circumstances). (measurement) Mass (net weight, troy weight, carat weight, etc.). (mathematical analysis, measure theory) Ellipsis of weight function. (statistics) A variable which multiplies a value for ease of statistical manipulation. (especially in computing, machine learning) Emphasis applied to a given criterion. (topology) The smallest cardinality of a base. (typography) The boldness of a font; the relative thickness of its strokes. font weight (visual art) The relative thickness of a drawn rule or painted brushstroke, line weight. (visual art) The illusion of mass. (visual art) The thickness and opacity of paint. The thickness of yarn. (figurative) Pressure; burden. The resistance against which a machine acts, as opposed to the power which moves it. (slang, uncountable) Shipments of (often illegal) drugs. (slang, countable) One pound of drugs, especially cannabis. (crime slang, dated) Money. (martial arts) Weight class. Used as part of compound words for weight class titles, e.g. heavyweight, flyweight. ==== Alternative forms ==== wt. (abbreviation) ==== Coordinate terms ==== mass inertial mass gravitational mass ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== weigh ==== Descendants ==== Belizean Creole: wayt → Japanese: ウエイト (ueito) → Burmese: ဝိတ် (wit) ==== Translations ==== === Verb === weight (third-person singular simple present weights, present participle weighting, simple past and past participle weighted) (transitive) To add weight to something; to make something heavier. (transitive, dyeing) To load (fabrics) with barite, etc. to increase the weight. (transitive) To load, burden or oppress someone. (transitive, mathematics) To assign weights to individual statistics. (transitive) To bias something; to slant. (transitive, horse racing) To handicap a horse with a specified weight. (transitive, sports) To give a certain amount of force to a throw, kick, hit, etc. ==== Translations ====