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any object that is heavy, especially one lifted or thrown for exercise: Try not to lift heavy weights. I lift weights twice a week at the gym. Fewer examples. I'm afraid I'm not a very good advertisement for the diet since I've actually put on weight! Compute the ratio of the object's height to its weight.
The meaning of WEIGHT is the amount that a thing weighs. How to use weight in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Weight.
noun. the amount or quantity of heaviness or mass; amount a thing weighs. Physics. the force that gravitation exerts upon a body, equal to the mass of the body times the local acceleration of gravity: commonly taken, in a region of constant gravitational acceleration, as a measure of mass. a system of units for expressing heaviness or mass:
If you weight something, you make it heavier by adding something to it, for example in order to stop it from moving easily. It can be sewn into curtain hems to weight the curtain and so allow it to hang better.
1. A measure of the heaviness of an object: a contest to guess the weight of a pig. 2. The force with which a body is attracted to Earth or another celestial body, equal to the product of the object's mass and the acceleration of gravity. 3. a. A unit measure of gravitational force: a table of weights and measures. b.
Definition of weight noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
noun. 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. synonyms: exercising weight, free weight. see more.
