weight

Definition

  • noun: a measurement that indicates how heavy a person or thing is
  • noun: the amount that a thing 'weighs'
  • verb: to oppress with a burden
  • often used in combination
  • synonyms: pressure, moment, influence

Examples

  • She likes to exercise using 'free weights'. [=weights (such as dumbbells and barbells) that are not attached to a piece of equipment]

  • ('disapproving') The new manager immediately started 'throwing her weight around', making changes to staff and policy.

  • The doctor says you shouldn't put any 'weight' on that foot for a week. [=you shouldn't stand on that foot for a week]

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) So proceed you His antique sword, rebellious to his arm, lies where it falls, rejecting all command Unequal matched, Pyrrhus at Priam drives, in rage strikes wide But with the weight and wind of his fell sword the unnerved father falls Then did the senseless city seem to feel this blow (..)
    2015 Hamlet