Weigh vs. Weight

Weighverb

(transitive) To determine the weight of an object.

Weighverb

(transitive) Often with "out", to measure a certain amount of something by its weight, e.g. for sale.

Weighverb

To determine the intrinsic value or merit of an object, to evaluate.

Weighverb

To judge; to estimate.

Weighverb

(transitive) To consider a subject. en

Weighverb

(transitive) To have a certain weight.

Weighverb

(intransitive) To have weight; to be heavy; to press down.

Weighverb

(intransitive) To be considered as important; to have weight in the intellectual balance.

Weighverb

To raise an anchor free of the seabed.

Weighverb

To weigh anchor.

Weighverb

To bear up; to raise; to lift into the air; to swing up.

Weighverb

(obsolete) To consider as worthy of notice; to regard.

Weighnoun

A corruption of Way, used only in the phrase under weigh.

Weighnoun

A certain quantity estimated by weight; an English measure of weight. See Wey.

Weighverb

To bear up; to raise; to lift into the air; to swing up; as, to weigh anchor.

Weighverb

To examine by the balance; to ascertain the weight of, that is, the force with which a thing tends to the center of the earth; to determine the heaviness, or quantity of matter of; as, to weigh sugar; to weigh gold.

Weighverb

To be equivalent to in weight; to counterbalance; to have the heaviness of.

Weighverb

To pay, allot, take, or give by weight.

Weighverb

To examine or test as if by the balance; to ponder in the mind; to consider or examine for the purpose of forming an opinion or coming to a conclusion; to estimate deliberately and maturely; to balance.

Weighverb

To consider as worthy of notice; to regard.

Weighverb

To have weight; to be heavy.

Weighverb

To be considered as important; to have weight in the intellectual balance.

Weighverb

To bear heavily; to press hard.

Weighverb

To judge; to estimate.

Weighverb

have a certain weight

Weighverb

show consideration for; take into account;

Weighverb

determine the weight of;

Weighverb

have weight; have import, carry weight;

Weighverb

to be oppressive or burdensome;

Weightnoun

The force on an object due to the gravitational attraction between it and the Earth (or whatever astronomical object it is primarily influenced by).

Weightnoun

An object used to make something heavier.

Weightnoun

A standardized block of metal used in a balance to measure the mass of another object.

Weightnoun

Importance or influence.

Weightnoun

(weightlifting) A disc of iron, dumbbell, or barbell used for training the muscles.

Weightnoun

(physics) Mass (net weight, atomic weight, molecular weight, troy weight, carat weight, etc.).

Weightnoun

(statistics) A variable which multiplies a value for ease of statistical manipulation.

Weightnoun

(topology) The smallest cardinality of a base.

Weightnoun

(typography) The boldness of a font; the relative thickness of its strokes.

Weightnoun

(visual art) The relative thickness of a drawn rule or painted brushstroke, line weight.

Weightnoun

(visual art) The illusion of mass.

Weightnoun

(visual art) The thickness and opacity of paint.

Weightnoun

Pressure; burden.

Weightnoun

The resistance against which a machine acts, as opposed to the power which moves it.

Weightnoun

Shipments of (often illegal) drugs.

Weightverb

(transitive) To add weight to something; to make something heavier.

Weightverb

To load (fabrics) with barite, etc. to increase the weight.

Weightverb

(transitive) To load, burden or oppress someone.

Weightverb

To assign weights to individual statistics.

Weightverb

(transitive) To bias something; to slant.

Weightverb

To handicap a horse with a specified weight.

Weightverb

To give a certain amount of force to a throw, kick, hit, etc.

Weightnoun

The quality of being heavy; that property of bodies by which they tend toward the center of the earth; the effect of gravitative force, especially when expressed in certain units or standards, as pounds, grams, etc.

Weightnoun

The quantity of heaviness; comparative tendency to the center of the earth; the quantity of matter as estimated by the balance, or expressed numerically with reference to some standard unit; as, a mass of stone having the weight of five hundred pounds.

Weightnoun

Hence, pressure; burden; as, the weight of care or business.

Weightnoun

Importance; power; influence; efficacy; consequence; moment; impressiveness; as, a consideration of vast weight.

Weightnoun

A scale, or graduated standard, of heaviness; a mode of estimating weight; as, avoirdupois weight; troy weight; apothecaries' weight.

Weightnoun

A ponderous mass; something heavy; as, a clock weight; a paper weight.

Weightnoun

A definite mass of iron, lead, brass, or other metal, to be used for ascertaining the weight of other bodies; as, an ounce weight.

Weightnoun

The resistance against which a machine acts, as opposed to the power which moves it.

Weightverb

To load with a weight or weights; to load down; to make heavy; to attach weights to; as, to weight a horse or a jockey at a race; to weight a whip handle.

Weightverb

To assign a weight to; to express by a number the probable accuracy of, as an observation. See Weight of observations, under Weight.

Weightverb

To load (fabrics) as with barite, to increase the weight, etc.

Weightverb

to assign a numerical value expressing relative importance to (a measurement), to be multiplied by the value of the measurement in determining averages or other aggregate quantities; as, they weighted part one of the test twice as heavily as part 2.

Weightnoun

the vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity

Weightnoun

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

Weightnoun

the relative importance granted to something;

Weightnoun

an artifact that is heavy

Weightnoun

an oppressive feeling of heavy force;

Weightnoun

a system of units used to express the weight of something

Weightnoun

a unit used to measure weight;

Weightnoun

(statistics) a coefficient assigned to elements of a frequency distribution in order to represent their relative importance

Weightverb

weight down with a load

Weightverb

present with a bias;

Weight

In science and engineering, the weight of an object is the force acting on the object due to gravity.Some standard textbooks define weight as a vector quantity, the gravitational force acting on the object. Others define weight as a scalar quantity, the magnitude of the gravitational force.