Weight - Definition

n 1: the vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity
2: 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 [syn: weight,
free weight, exercising weight]
3: the relative importance granted to something; "his opinion
carries great weight"; "the progression implied an increasing
weightiness of the items listed" [syn: weight,
weightiness]
4: an artifact that is heavy
5: an oppressive feeling of heavy force; "bowed down by the
weight of responsibility"
6: a system of units used to express the weight of something
[syn: system of weights, weight]
7: a unit used to measure weight; "he placed two weights in the
scale pan" [syn: weight unit, weight]
8: (statistics) a coefficient assigned to elements of a
frequency distribution in order to represent their relative
importance [syn: weight, weighting]
v 1: weight down with a load [syn: burden, burthen,
weight, weight down] [ant: disburden, unburden]
2: present with a bias; "He biased his presentation so as to
please the share holders" [syn: slant, angle, weight]