Definitions of weight:

  • noun:   an artifact that is heavy
  • noun:   sports equipment used in calisthenic exercises and weightlifting; a weight that is not attached to anything and is raised and lowered by use of the hands and arms
  • noun:   the vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity
  • noun:   the relative importance granted to something
    Example: "His opinion carries great weight"
  • noun:   an oppressive feeling of heavy force
    Example: "Bowed down by the weight of responsibility"
  • noun:   (statistics) a coefficient assigned to elements of a frequency distribution in order to represent their relative importance
  • noun:   a unit used to measure weight
    Example: "He placed two weights in the scale pan"
  • noun:   a system of units used to express the weight of something
  • verb:   present with a bias
  • verb:   weight down with a load
  • name:  A surname (rare: 1 in 100000 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #16680)