weight

name

1. A surname.

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”).

1. The downwards force an object experiences due to gravity.
2. An object used to make something heavier.
3. A standardized block of metal used in a balance to measure the mass of another object.
4. Importance or influence.

   “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.”

   “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.

   “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.

   “I prefer weights over machines.”

7. Viscosity rating.
8. Mass (atomic weight, molecular weight, etc.) (in restricted circumstances).
9. Synonym of mass (in general circumstances).
10. Mass (net weight, troy weight, carat weight, etc.).

    “I'm the same weight as I was ten years ago.”

11. A variable which multiplies a value for ease of statistical manipulation.
12. The smallest cardinality of a base.
13. The boldness of a font; the relative thickness of its strokes.

    “font weight”

14. The relative thickness of a drawn rule or painted brushstroke, line weight.
15. The illusion of mass.
16. The thickness and opacity of paint.
17. The thickness of yarn.

    “If you'd like to use a different weight of yarn, just check the label for the recommended crochet hook size and use that.”

    “The weight of the finished thread also varies with the spinner, although the general aim is laceweight singles for weaving.”

18. Pressure; burden.

    “the weight of care or business”

    “The waight of this ſad time we muſt obey[…]”

19. The resistance against which a machine acts, as opposed to the power which moves it.
20. Shipments of (often illegal) drugs.

    “He was pushing weight.”

    “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.”

21. One pound of drugs, especially cannabis.

    “[I was] doing a weight [1 lb. at that time] a week, sometimes more, sometimes less.”

    “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 […]”

22. Money.

    “No matter how much money he makes, he is still a soldier, but he has the weight.”

23. Weight class

    “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.”

24. Emphasis applied to a given criterion.

    “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.”

    ““Logits” are the vectors of weights.”

verb

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”).

1. To add weight to something; to make something heavier.
2. To add weight to something; to make something heavier.
3. To load, burden or oppress someone.
4. To assign weights to individual statistics.
5. To bias something; to slant.

   “The criteria governing the choice of candidate were heavily weighted in his favor.”

   “The U.K. economy is heavily weighted towards the service sector and the coronavirus pandemic could lead to a 10% fall in gross domestic product in the second quarter, according to economists at Jefferies.”

6. To handicap a horse with a specified weight.
7. To give a certain amount of force to a throw, kick, hit, etc.

   “With good peripheral vision he spots his teammate, Ray Evans, lurking in the scoring zone and sweeps a perfectly weighted pass to him.”