Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - weight
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n. & v. --n. 1 Physics a the force experienced by a body as a result of the earth's gravitation (cf. MASS(1) n. 8). b any similar force with which a body tends to a centre of attraction. 2 the heaviness of a body regarded as a property of it; its relative mass or the quantity of matter contained by it giving rise to a downward force (is twice your weight; kept in position by its weight). 3 a the quantitative expression of a body's weight (has a weight of three pounds). b a scale of such weights (troy weight). 4 a body of a known weight for use in weighing. 5 a heavy body esp. used in a mechanism etc. (a clock worked by weights). 6 a load or burden (a weight off my mind). 7 a influence, importance (carried weight with the public). b preponderance (the weight of evidence was against them). 8 a heavy object thrown as an athletic exercise; = SHOT(1) 7. 9 the surface density of cloth etc. as a measure of its suitability. --v.tr. 1 a attach a weight to. b hold down with a weight or weights. 2 (foll. by with) impede or burden. 3 Statistics multiply the components of (an average) by factors to take account of their importance. 4 assign a handicap weight to (a horse). 5 treat (a fabric) with a mineral etc. to make it seem stouter. Phrases and idioms put on weight 1 increase one's weight. 2 get fat. throw one's weight about (or around) colloq. be unpleasantly self-assertive. worth one's weight in gold (of a person) exceedingly useful or helpful. Etymology: OE (ge)wiht f. Gmc: cf. WEIGH(1)
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English wight, weght, from Old English wiht; akin to Old Norse vætt ~, Old English wegan to weigh Date: before 12th century 1. the amount that a thing weighs, b. the standard or established amount that a thing should weigh, one of the classes into which contestants in a sports event are divided according to body ~, poundage required to be carried by a horse in a handicap race, 2. a quantity or thing weighing a fixed and usually specified amount, a heavy object (as a metal ball) thrown, put, or lifted as an athletic exercise or contest, 3. a unit of ~ or mass, a piece of material (as metal) of known specified ~ for use in weighing articles, a system of related units of ~, 4. something heavy ; load, a heavy object to hold or press something down or to counterbalance, 5. burden, pressure , the quality or state of being ponderous, corpulence, 6. relative heaviness ; mass, the force with which a body is attracted toward the earth or a celestial body by gravitation and which is equal to the product of the mass and the local gravitational acceleration, 7. the relative importance or authority accorded something , measurable influence especially on others , overpowering force, the quality (as lightness) that makes a fabric or garment suitable for a particular use or season, a numerical coefficient assigned to an item to express its relative importance in a frequency distribution, the degree of thickness of the strokes of a type character, see: importance II. transitive verb Date: 1647 to oppress with a burden , 2. to load or make heavy with or as if with a ~, to increase in heaviness by adding an ingredient, 3. weigh 1, to feel the ~ of ; heft, to assign a statistical ~ to, to cause to incline in a particular direction by manipulation , to shift the burden of ~ upon ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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