Phonetics:
Meanings:
noun
Definition: (physical) Matter, material.
Definition: A large quantity; a sum.
noun
Definition: The Eucharist, now especially in Roman Catholicism.
Definition: Celebration of the Eucharist.
Definition: (usually as the Mass) The sacrament of the Eucharist.
Definition: A musical setting of parts of the mass.
noun
Definition: The force on an object due to the gravitational attraction between it and the Earth (or whatever astronomical object it is primarily influenced by).
Definition: An object used to make something heavier.
Definition: A standardized block of metal used in a balance to measure the mass of another object.
Definition: Importance or influence.
Definition: An object, such as a weight plate or barbell, used for strength training.
Example: He’s working out with weights.
Definition: (lubricants) viscosity rating.
Definition: Mass (atomic weight, molecular weight, etc.) (in restricted circumstances)
Definition: (measurement) Mass (net weight, troy weight, carat weight, etc.).
Definition: A variable which multiplies a value for ease of statistical manipulation.
Definition: The smallest cardinality of a base.
Definition: The boldness of a font; the relative thickness of its strokes.
Definition: (visual art) The relative thickness of a drawn rule or painted brushstroke, line weight.
Definition: (visual art) The illusion of mass.
Definition: (visual art) The thickness and opacity of paint.
Definition: Pressure; burden.
Example: the weight of care or business
Definition: The resistance against which a machine acts, as opposed to the power which moves it.
Definition: Shipments of (often illegal) drugs.
Example: He was pushing weight.
Definition: One pound (1 lb) of drugs, especially cannabis.
verb
Definition: To add weight to something; to make something heavier.
Definition: To load, burden or oppress someone.
Definition: To assign weights to individual statistics.
Definition: To bias something; to slant.
Definition: To handicap a horse with a specified weight.
Definition: To give a certain amount of force to a throw, kick, hit, etc.