Definition of "weight" in English

noun

The downwards force an object experiences due to gravity.
An object used to make something heavier.
A standardized block of metal used in a balance to measure the mass of another object.
(figurative) Importance or influence.
- Another knight came to settle on the island, a man of much weight and position, on whom the Adelantados of all the island relied, and who was made a magistrate.
(exercise, weightlifting) An object, such as a weight plate or barbell, used for strength training.
- He's working out with weights. Weight-bearing exercise is now understood to be just as important as cardio.
(lubricants) Viscosity rating.
(physics) Mass (atomic weight, molecular weight, etc.) (in restricted circumstances).
(physics, proscribed) Synonym of mass (in general circumstances).
(measurement) Mass (net weight, troy weight, carat weight, etc.).
- I'm the same weight as I was ten years ago.
(statistics) A variable which multiplies a value for ease of statistical manipulation.
(topology) The smallest cardinality of a base.
(typography) The boldness of a font; the relative thickness of its strokes.
- font weight
(visual art) The relative thickness of a drawn rule or painted brushstroke, line weight.
(visual art) The illusion of mass.
(visual art) The thickness and opacity of paint.
The thickness of yarn.
(figurative) Pressure; burden.
- the weight of care or business
The resistance against which a machine acts, as opposed to the power which moves it.
(slang, uncountable) Shipments of (often illegal) drugs.
- He was pushing weight.
(slang, countable) One pound of drugs, especially cannabis.
(crime slang, dated) Money.
Weight class
(especially in computing) Emphasis applied to a given criterion.

verb

(transitive) To add weight to something; to make something heavier.
(transitive) To load, burden or oppress someone.
(transitive, mathematics) To assign weights to individual statistics.
(transitive) To bias something; to slant.