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verb
- determine the weight of
- (transitive) To determine the weight of an object.
- have a certain weight
- to be oppressive or burdensome
- have weight; have import, carry weight
- show consideration for; take into account
- (intransitive) To be considered as important; to have weight in the intellectual balance.
- (transitive, nautical) To raise an anchor free of the seabed.
- (intransitive) To have weight; to be heavy; to press down.
- (intransitive, copulative, stative) To have a certain weight.
- (transitive, figuratively) To determine the intrinsic value or merit of an object, to evaluate.
- To bear up; to raise; to lift into the air; to swing up.
- (intransitive, nautical) To weigh anchor.
- (transitive) To consider a subject.
- (transitive) Often with "out", to measure a certain amount of something by its weight, e.g. for sale.
noun
noun
- (measurement) Mass (net weight, troy weight, carat weight, etc.).
- Weight class
- a unit used to measure weight
- (sometimes specifically) Ellipsis of free weight, as contrasted with the weights inside an exercise machine.
- (statistics) A variable which multiplies a value for ease of statistical manipulation.
- The downwards force an object experiences due to gravity.
- (slang, uncountable) Shipments of (often illegal) drugs.
- (figurative) Importance or influence.
- (slang, countable) One pound of drugs, especially cannabis.
- (physics) Mass (atomic weight, molecular weight, etc.) (in restricted circumstances).
- A standardized block of metal used in a balance to measure the mass of another object.
- (visual art) The illusion of mass.
- (lubricants) Viscosity rating.
- The resistance against which a machine acts, as opposed to the power which moves it.
- (visual art) The thickness and opacity of paint.
- (topology) The smallest cardinality of a base.
- (typography) The boldness of a font; the relative thickness of its strokes.
- (figurative) Pressure; burden.
- The thickness of yarn.
- (especially in computing, machine learning) Emphasis applied to a given criterion.
- (exercise, weightlifting) An object, such as a weight plate or barbell, used for strength training.
- An object used to make something heavier.
- (visual art) The relative thickness of a drawn rule or painted brushstroke, line weight.
- (physics, proscribed) Synonym of mass (in general circumstances).
- (statistics) a coefficient assigned to elements of a frequency distribution in order to represent their relative importance
- the relative importance granted to something
- a system of units used to express the weight of something
- an artifact that is heavy
- an oppressive feeling of heavy force
- sports equipment used in calisthenic exercises and weightlifting; it is not attached to anything and is raised and lowered by use of the hands and arms
- the vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity
verb
- (transitive, sports) To give a certain amount of force to a throw, kick, hit, etc.
- (transitive) To load, burden or oppress someone.
- (transitive) To bias something; to slant.
- (transitive) To add weight to something; to make something heavier.
- (transitive, mathematics) To assign weights to individual statistics.
- (transitive, horse racing) To handicap a horse with a specified weight.
- (transitive, dyeing) To load (fabrics) with barite, etc. to increase the weight.
- present with a bias
- weight down with a load
noun
- A statistical measure of the weight of a person scaled according to height, used to estimate if a person is underweight or overweight. BMI units are defined as kg/m² ≈ 703*lb/in².
- a measure of someone's weight in relation to height; to calculate one's BMI, multiply one's weight in pounds and divide that by the square of one's height in inches; overweight is a BMI greater than 25; obese is a BMI greater than 30
noun
- Initialism of current weight.
- (telecommunications) Initialism of continuous wave.
- Abbreviation of civil war
- Initialism of conventional wisdom.
- (music) Initialism of country and western.
- Initialism of calendar week.
- (education) Initialism of classwork.
- Initialism of chemical warfare.
- Initialism of content warning.
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noun
- weight expressed in pounds
- placing private property in the custody of an officer of the law
- a charge based on weight measured in pounds
- a fee charged for the recovery of impounded animals
- (uncountable) Weight, especially body weight.
- (countable) A charge based on the value of something in pounds sterling.
- (uncountable) the keeping of an animal in a pound
- (countable) A charge based on the weight of something in pounds.
- (countable) A weight measured in pounds.
- (countable) a fee charged for keeping an animal in a pound, or for its release
verb
adj
- of comparatively great physical weight or density
- given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors
- of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought
- in an advanced stage of pregnancy
- unusually great in degree or quantity or number
- slow and laborious because of weight
- prodigious
- of relatively large extent and density
- full and loud and deep
- usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it
- darkened by clouds
- full of; bearing great weight
- (of an actor or role) being or playing the villain
- (of sleep) deep and complete
- sharply inclined
- dense or inadequately leavened and hence likely to cause distress in the alimentary canal
- (used of soil) compact and fine-grained
- marked by great psychological weight; weighted down especially with sadness or troubles or weariness
- (physics, chemistry) being or containing an isotope with greater than average atomic mass or weight
- requiring or showing effort
- made of fabric having considerable thickness
- large and powerful; especially designed for heavy loads or rough work
- permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter
- of the military or industry; using (or being) the heaviest and most powerful armaments or weapons or equipment
- lacking lightness or liveliness
- of great intensity or power or force
- characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort
- (of a person) Heavyset: overweight.
- Not raised or leavened.
- (of weather) Hot and humid.
- Of great force, power, or intensity; deep or intense.
- (of any physical thing) Having great weight.
- (oil industry) Of petroleum, having high viscosity.
- (of a topic) Serious, somber.
- (nautical, military) Heavily-armed.
- (of music) Loud, distorted, or intense.
- (of wines or spirits) Having much body or strength.
- (physics) Containing one or more isotopes that are heavier than the normal one.
- (aviation, of an aircraft) Having a relatively high takeoff weight and payload.
- (of food) High in fat or protein; difficult to digest.
- Laden with that which is weighty; encumbered; burdened; bowed down, either with an actual burden, or with grief, pain, disappointment, etc.
- (of the eyes) With eyelids difficult to keep open due to tiredness.
- Not easy to bear; burdensome; oppressive.
- Doing the specified activity more intensely than most other people.
- (slang) Armed.
- (finance) Of a market: in which the price of shares is declining.
- Having the heaves.
- Slow; sluggish; inactive; or lifeless, dull, inanimate, stupid.
- Having a maximum takeoff weight exceeding 300,000 tons, as almost all widebodies do, generating high wake turbulence.
- (of a rate of flow) High, great.
- Impeding motion; cloggy; clayey.
noun
- an actor who plays villainous roles
- a serious (or tragic) role in a play
- (journalism, slang, chiefly in the plural) A newspaper of the quality press.
- (aviation) A relatively large multi-engined aircraft.
- (slang) A doorman, bouncer or bodyguard.
- (slang) A villain or bad guy; the one responsible for evil or aggressive acts.
- (military, historical) A member of the heavy cavalry.
- A prominent figure; a "major player".
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- The weight, or mass of metal, used in weighing, to balance the substance weighed.
- Unit of viscosity in the centimetre–gram–second system of units (CGS).
- Composure; freedom from embarrassment or affectation.
- A state of balance, equilibrium or stability.
- Mien; bearing or deportment of the head or body.
- That which causes a balance; a counterweight.
- (physics) A CGS unit of dynamic viscosity equal to one dyne-second per square centimetre.
- A condition of hovering, or being suspended.
- great coolness and composure under strain
- a cgs unit of dynamic viscosity equal to one dyne-second per square centimeter; the viscosity of a fluid in which a force of one dyne per square centimeter maintains a velocity of 1 centimeter per second
- a state of being balanced in a stable equilibrium
verb
- To ascertain, as if by balancing; to weigh.
- To hold (something) in equilibrium, to hold balanced and ready; to carry (something) ready to be used.
- To keep (something) in equilibrium; to hold suspended or balanced.
- be motionless, in suspension
- hold or carry in equilibrium
- cause to be balanced or suspended
- prepare (oneself), often but not necessarily for something unpleasant or difficult
noun
- A unit of weight in various measurement systems.
- Ellipsis of pound force.
- Ellipsis of pound weight.
- (UK) A place for the detention of automobiles that have been illegally parked, abandoned, etc.
- A hard blow.
- A section of a canal between two adjacent locks.
- Any of various units of currency formerly used in the United States.
- (informal) Various non-English units of currency not officially called pounds.
- Ellipsis of pound mass.
- A unit of mass equal to 16 avoirdupois ounces (= 453.592 g). Today this value is the most common meaning of "pound" as a unit of weight.
- A kind of fishing net, having a large enclosure with a narrow entrance into which fish are directed by wings spreading outward.
- A unit of mass equal to 12 troy ounces (≈ 373.242 g). Today, this is a common unit of mass when measuring precious metals, and is little used elsewhere.
- (metonymic) The people who work for the pound.
- A place for the detention of stray or wandering animals.
- (Newfoundland) A division inside a fishing stage where cod is cured in salt brine.
- Various non-English units of measure.
- Any of various units of currency used in Egypt, Lebanon, Sudan, and Syria, and formerly in the Republic of Ireland, Cyprus, Nigeria, Israel, and South Africa.
- The unit of currency used in the United Kingdom and its dependencies. It is divided into 100 pence.
- (US) The symbol #.
- (informal, non-scientific) Ellipsis of pound-force.
- the basic unit of money in Egypt; equal to 100 piasters
- 16 ounces avoirdupois
- a unit of apothecary weight equal to 12 ounces troy
- the basic unit of money in Syria; equal to 100 piasters
- a nontechnical unit of force equal to the mass of 1 pound with an acceleration of free fall equal to 32 feet/sec/sec
- a public enclosure for stray or unlicensed dogs
- a symbol for a unit of currency (especially for the pound sterling in Great Britain)
- the basic unit of money in the Sudan; equal to 100 piasters
- the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows)
- the basic unit of money in Cyprus; equal to 100 cents
- the basic unit of money in Lebanon; equal to 100 piasters
- formerly the basic unit of money in Ireland; equal to 100 pence
- the basic unit of money in Great Britain and Northern Ireland; equal to 100 pence
verb
- (transitive, vulgar, slang) To penetrate sexually, with vigour.
- (engineering) To make a jarring noise, as when running.
- To advance heavily with measured steps.
- (transitive, slang) To eat or drink very quickly.
- (slang, UK regional, transitive) To wager a pound on.
- To confine in, or as in, a pound; to impound.
- (transitive) To strike hard, usually repeatedly.
- (intransitive, of a body part, generally heart, blood, or head) To beat strongly or throb.
- (transitive, baseball, slang) To pitch consistently to a certain location.
- (transitive) To crush to pieces; to pulverize.
- move rhythmically
- break down and crush by beating, as with a pestle
- place or shut up in a pound
- hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument
- shut up or confine in any enclosure or within any bounds or limits
- move heavily or clumsily
- strike or drive against with a heavy impact
- partition off into compartments
noun
- a system of weights based on the 16-ounce pound (or 7,000 grains)
- excess bodily weight
- (historical) The official system of weights used in the USA between 1866 and 1959.
- (historical) The official system of weights used in the UK between 1856 and 1963. It had been the customary system in London since 1300.
- (chiefly humorous) Weight; heaviness.
noun
- an adjustment made for the weight of the packaging in order to determine the net weight of the goods
- (chemical analysis) a counterweight used in chemical analysis; consists of an empty container that counterbalances the weight of the container holding chemicals
- any of several weedy vetches grown for forage
- the weight of a motor vehicle, railroad car, or aircraft without its fuel or cargo
- weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land; seeds sometimes considered poisonous
- Any of the tufted grasses of genus Lolium; darnel.
- Any of various dipping sauces served with Japanese food, typically based on soy sauce.
- (rare, figuratively) A damaging weed growing in fields of grain.
- (rare) A vetch, or the seed of a vetch (genus Vicia, esp. Vicia sativa)
- The empty weight of a container; unladen weight.
- Alternative form of tara (“Indian coin”).
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verb
noun
noun
- A measure of the weight of an object based on how many trillions of tons it weighs.
- A measure of the strength of an explosion or a bomb based on how many trillion tons of TNT would be needed to produce the same energy.
- a measure of the strength of an explosion or a bomb based on how many trillion tons of TNT would be needed to produce the same energy.
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adj
- (statistics) With the components of an average multiplied by particular factors so as to take account of their relative importance.
- Containing a large proportion (of something).
- Biased, so as to favour one party.
- (graph theory, of a graph) having values assigned to its edges
- Having weights on it.
- adjusted to reflect value or proportion
- made heavy or weighted down with weariness
verb
- think about carefully; weigh
- take into consideration for exemplifying purposes
- judge or regard; look upon; judge
- regard or treat with consideration, respect, and esteem
- deem to be
- give careful consideration to
- look at attentively
- look at carefully; study mentally
- show consideration for; take into account
- (transitive) To think about seriously.
- (intransitive) To think about something seriously or carefully: to deliberate.
- (transitive) To take up as an example.
- To believe or opine (that).
- To have regard to; to take into view or account; to pay due attention to; to respect.
- (transitive) To look at attentively.
- (transitive, parliamentary procedure) To debate (or dispose of) a motion.
- (transitive) To think about whether one will do (an action); to weigh as a possible course of action.
- (ditransitive) To assign some quality to.
verb
noun
- the formal presentation of a stated proposition and the opposition to it (usually followed by a vote)
- a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal
- An argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting, often with more than two people, generally ending with a vote or other decision.
- (uncountable) Discussion of opposing views.
- An informal and spirited but generally civil discussion of opposing views.
- (frequently in the French form débat) A type of literary composition, taking the form of a discussion or disputation, commonly found in the vernacular medieval poetry of many European countries, as well as in medieval Latin.
verb
adj
- unhurried and with care and dignity
- carefully thought out in advance
- characterized by conscious design or purpose
- Not hasty or sudden; slow.
- Done on purpose; intentional.
- Formed with deliberation; carefully considered; not sudden or rash.
- Of a person, weighing facts and arguments with a view to a choice or decision; carefully considering the probable consequences of a step; slow in determining.
verb
- think about carefully; weigh
- To discuss or debate.
- To argue or plead in a supposed case.
- (US) To make or declare irrelevant.
- (West Country) To turn up soil or dig up roots, especially an animal with a snout.
- (West Country) To take root and begin to grow.
- To bring up as a subject for debate.
- (Scotland, Northern England) To say, utter, also insinuate.
adj
- open to argument or debate
- of no legal significance (as having been previously decided)
- (Canada, US, chiefly law) Being an exercise of thought; academic.
- (current in UK, rare in the US) Subject to discussion (originally at a moot); arguable, debatable, unsolved or impossible to solve.
- (Canada, US) Having no practical consequence or relevance.
noun
- a hypothetical case that law students argue as an exercise
- A moot court.
- (Australia) The vagina.
- (historical) An assembly (usually for decision-making in a locality).
- (Scotland, Northern England) A whisper, or an insinuation, also gossip or rumors.
- (Scotland, Northern England, rustic) Talk.
- (West Country) The stump of a tree; the roots and bottom end of a felled tree.
- (Internet slang, endearing) A mutual follower on a social media platform.
- A system of arbitration in many areas of Africa in which the primary goal is to settle a dispute and reintegrate adversaries into society rather than assess penalties.
- (shipbuilding) A ring for gauging wooden pins.
- (paganism) A social gathering of pagans, normally held in a public house.
- (scouting) A gathering of Rovers, usually in the form of a camp lasting two weeks.
verb
- think about carefully; weigh
- turn upside down, or throw so as to reverse
- turn up, loosen, or remove earth
- do business worth a certain amount of money
- move by turning over or rotating
- turn from an upright or normal position
- cause to overturn from an upright or normal position
- cause to move around a center so as to show another side of
- place into the hands or custody of
- (transitive) To cause extensive disturbance or disruption to (a room, storage place, etc.), e.g. while searching for an item, or ransacking a property.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To transfer.
- (transitive, sports) To give up control (of the ball and thus the ability to score).
- (transitive) To flip over; to rotate uppermost to bottom.
- (transitive) To mull, ponder
- (transitive, idiomatic) To produce, complete, or cycle through.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see turn, over.
- (transitive, intransitive) To spin the crankshaft of an internal combustion engine using the starter or hand crank in an attempt to make it run.
- (transitive, business) To generate (a certain amount of money from sales).
- (transitive, idiomatic) To relinquish; give back.
noun
- (in combination) Something that weighs a specified number of pounds.
- (used only in combination) something weighing a given number of pounds
- (in combination) Something or someone costing so many pounds sterling.
- (in combination) A gun capable of firing a specified weight of shot in pounds.
- A vessel in which something is pounded, or an implement used in pounding.
- a heavy tool of stone or iron (usually with a flat base and a handle) that is used to grind and mix material (as grain or drugs or pigments) against a slab of stone
noun
- a scale for weighing; depends on pull of gravity
- equality between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account
- the difference between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account
- a wheel that regulates the rate of movement in a machine; especially a wheel oscillating against the hairspring of a timepiece to regulate its beat
- (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane
- something left after other parts have been taken away
- a weight that balances another weight
- equality of distribution
- harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design)
- a state of equilibrium
- (uncountable) The overall result of conflicting forces, opinions etc.; the influence which ultimately "weighs" more than others.
- (watchmaking) A device used to regulate the speed of a watch, clock etc.
- (uncountable) Mental equilibrium; mental health; calmness, a state of remaining clear-headed and unperturbed.
- (accounting) A list accounting for the debits on one side, and for the credits on the other.
- (uncountable) A state in which opposing forces harmonise; equilibrium.
- (uncountable) Apparent harmony in art (between differing colours, sounds, etc.).
- (literally or figuratively) Something of equal weight used to provide equilibrium; counterweight.
- A pair of scales.
- (law, business, statistics) The remainder.
- (accounting) The result of such a procedure; the difference between credit and debit of an account.
- (uncountable) Awareness of both viewpoints or matters; neutrality; rationality; objectivity.
verb
- compute credits and debits of an account
- hold or carry in equilibrium
- be in equilibrium
- bring into balance or equilibrium
- (transitive) To compare in relative force, importance, value, etc.; to estimate.
- (transitive) To hold (an object or objects) precariously; to support on a narrow base, so as to keep from falling.
- (transitive, figurative) To make (concepts) agree.
- (transitive) To make the credits and debits of (an account) correspond.
- (intransitive) To be in equilibrium.
- (transitive, nautical) To contract, as a sail, into a narrower compass.
- (intransitive) To have matching credits and debits.
- (transitive) To bring (items) to an equipoise, as the scales of a balance by adjusting the weights.
- (transitive, dance) To move toward, and then back from, reciprocally.
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- large-scale analysis
- (chemistry) analysis (qualitative or quantitative) in which the size of the sample is of the order of grams.
- (sociology) the analysis of the highest levels of social activity e.g. social stratification.
- (social sciences) the analysis of the highest levels of social activity e.g. social stratification.
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- (historical) Various other similar units of weight in other systems.
- (grammar) A grammatical number referring to five (or more) things.
- (historical) Synonym of hundredweight, 100 or 112 English or American pounds.
- An unofficial metric unit equal to 100 kg.
- a United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds
- a unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms
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noun
- (measurement) Mass (net weight, troy weight, carat weight, etc.).
- Weight class
- a unit used to measure weight
- (sometimes specifically) Ellipsis of free weight, as contrasted with the weights inside an exercise machine.
- (statistics) A variable which multiplies a value for ease of statistical manipulation.
- The downwards force an object experiences due to gravity.
- (slang, uncountable) Shipments of (often illegal) drugs.
- (figurative) Importance or influence.
- (slang, countable) One pound of drugs, especially cannabis.
- (physics) Mass (atomic weight, molecular weight, etc.) (in restricted circumstances).
- A standardized block of metal used in a balance to measure the mass of another object.
- (visual art) The illusion of mass.
- (lubricants) Viscosity rating.
- The resistance against which a machine acts, as opposed to the power which moves it.
- (visual art) The thickness and opacity of paint.
- (topology) The smallest cardinality of a base.
- (typography) The boldness of a font; the relative thickness of its strokes.
- (figurative) Pressure; burden.
- The thickness of yarn.
- (especially in computing, machine learning) Emphasis applied to a given criterion.
- (exercise, weightlifting) An object, such as a weight plate or barbell, used for strength training.
- An object used to make something heavier.
- (visual art) The relative thickness of a drawn rule or painted brushstroke, line weight.
- (physics, proscribed) Synonym of mass (in general circumstances).
- (statistics) a coefficient assigned to elements of a frequency distribution in order to represent their relative importance
- the relative importance granted to something
- a system of units used to express the weight of something
- an artifact that is heavy
- an oppressive feeling of heavy force
- sports equipment used in calisthenic exercises and weightlifting; it is not attached to anything and is raised and lowered by use of the hands and arms
- the vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity
verb
- (transitive, sports) To give a certain amount of force to a throw, kick, hit, etc.
- (transitive) To load, burden or oppress someone.
- (transitive) To bias something; to slant.
- (transitive) To add weight to something; to make something heavier.
- (transitive, mathematics) To assign weights to individual statistics.
- (transitive, horse racing) To handicap a horse with a specified weight.
- (transitive, dyeing) To load (fabrics) with barite, etc. to increase the weight.
- present with a bias
- weight down with a load
noun
- A statistical measure of the weight of a person scaled according to height, used to estimate if a person is underweight or overweight. BMI units are defined as kg/m² ≈ 703*lb/in².
- a measure of someone's weight in relation to height; to calculate one's BMI, multiply one's weight in pounds and divide that by the square of one's height in inches; overweight is a BMI greater than 25; obese is a BMI greater than 30
noun
- Initialism of current weight.
- (telecommunications) Initialism of continuous wave.
- Abbreviation of civil war
- Initialism of conventional wisdom.
- (music) Initialism of country and western.
- Initialism of calendar week.
- (education) Initialism of classwork.
- Initialism of chemical warfare.
- Initialism of content warning.
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- determine the weight of
- (transitive) To determine the weight of an object.
- have a certain weight
- to be oppressive or burdensome
- have weight; have import, carry weight
- show consideration for; take into account
- (intransitive) To be considered as important; to have weight in the intellectual balance.
- (transitive, nautical) To raise an anchor free of the seabed.
- (intransitive) To have weight; to be heavy; to press down.
- (intransitive, copulative, stative) To have a certain weight.
- (transitive, figuratively) To determine the intrinsic value or merit of an object, to evaluate.
- To bear up; to raise; to lift into the air; to swing up.
- (intransitive, nautical) To weigh anchor.
- (transitive) To consider a subject.
- (transitive) Often with "out", to measure a certain amount of something by its weight, e.g. for sale.
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- weight expressed in pounds
- placing private property in the custody of an officer of the law
- a charge based on weight measured in pounds
- a fee charged for the recovery of impounded animals
- (uncountable) Weight, especially body weight.
- (countable) A charge based on the value of something in pounds sterling.
- (uncountable) the keeping of an animal in a pound
- (countable) A charge based on the weight of something in pounds.
- (countable) A weight measured in pounds.
- (countable) a fee charged for keeping an animal in a pound, or for its release
verb
noun
- The weight, or mass of metal, used in weighing, to balance the substance weighed.
- Unit of viscosity in the centimetre–gram–second system of units (CGS).
- Composure; freedom from embarrassment or affectation.
- A state of balance, equilibrium or stability.
- Mien; bearing or deportment of the head or body.
- That which causes a balance; a counterweight.
- (physics) A CGS unit of dynamic viscosity equal to one dyne-second per square centimetre.
- A condition of hovering, or being suspended.
- great coolness and composure under strain
- a cgs unit of dynamic viscosity equal to one dyne-second per square centimeter; the viscosity of a fluid in which a force of one dyne per square centimeter maintains a velocity of 1 centimeter per second
- a state of being balanced in a stable equilibrium
verb
- To ascertain, as if by balancing; to weigh.
- To hold (something) in equilibrium, to hold balanced and ready; to carry (something) ready to be used.
- To keep (something) in equilibrium; to hold suspended or balanced.
- be motionless, in suspension
- hold or carry in equilibrium
- cause to be balanced or suspended
- prepare (oneself), often but not necessarily for something unpleasant or difficult
noun
- A unit of weight in various measurement systems.
- Ellipsis of pound force.
- Ellipsis of pound weight.
- (UK) A place for the detention of automobiles that have been illegally parked, abandoned, etc.
- A hard blow.
- A section of a canal between two adjacent locks.
- Any of various units of currency formerly used in the United States.
- (informal) Various non-English units of currency not officially called pounds.
- Ellipsis of pound mass.
- A unit of mass equal to 16 avoirdupois ounces (= 453.592 g). Today this value is the most common meaning of "pound" as a unit of weight.
- A kind of fishing net, having a large enclosure with a narrow entrance into which fish are directed by wings spreading outward.
- A unit of mass equal to 12 troy ounces (≈ 373.242 g). Today, this is a common unit of mass when measuring precious metals, and is little used elsewhere.
- (metonymic) The people who work for the pound.
- A place for the detention of stray or wandering animals.
- (Newfoundland) A division inside a fishing stage where cod is cured in salt brine.
- Various non-English units of measure.
- Any of various units of currency used in Egypt, Lebanon, Sudan, and Syria, and formerly in the Republic of Ireland, Cyprus, Nigeria, Israel, and South Africa.
- The unit of currency used in the United Kingdom and its dependencies. It is divided into 100 pence.
- (US) The symbol #.
- (informal, non-scientific) Ellipsis of pound-force.
- the basic unit of money in Egypt; equal to 100 piasters
- 16 ounces avoirdupois
- a unit of apothecary weight equal to 12 ounces troy
- the basic unit of money in Syria; equal to 100 piasters
- a nontechnical unit of force equal to the mass of 1 pound with an acceleration of free fall equal to 32 feet/sec/sec
- a public enclosure for stray or unlicensed dogs
- a symbol for a unit of currency (especially for the pound sterling in Great Britain)
- the basic unit of money in the Sudan; equal to 100 piasters
- the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows)
- the basic unit of money in Cyprus; equal to 100 cents
- the basic unit of money in Lebanon; equal to 100 piasters
- formerly the basic unit of money in Ireland; equal to 100 pence
- the basic unit of money in Great Britain and Northern Ireland; equal to 100 pence
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- (transitive, vulgar, slang) To penetrate sexually, with vigour.
- (engineering) To make a jarring noise, as when running.
- To advance heavily with measured steps.
- (transitive, slang) To eat or drink very quickly.
- (slang, UK regional, transitive) To wager a pound on.
- To confine in, or as in, a pound; to impound.
- (transitive) To strike hard, usually repeatedly.
- (intransitive, of a body part, generally heart, blood, or head) To beat strongly or throb.
- (transitive, baseball, slang) To pitch consistently to a certain location.
- (transitive) To crush to pieces; to pulverize.
- move rhythmically
- break down and crush by beating, as with a pestle
- place or shut up in a pound
- hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument
- shut up or confine in any enclosure or within any bounds or limits
- move heavily or clumsily
- strike or drive against with a heavy impact
- partition off into compartments
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- a system of weights based on the 16-ounce pound (or 7,000 grains)
- excess bodily weight
- (historical) The official system of weights used in the USA between 1866 and 1959.
- (historical) The official system of weights used in the UK between 1856 and 1963. It had been the customary system in London since 1300.
- (chiefly humorous) Weight; heaviness.
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- an adjustment made for the weight of the packaging in order to determine the net weight of the goods
- (chemical analysis) a counterweight used in chemical analysis; consists of an empty container that counterbalances the weight of the container holding chemicals
- any of several weedy vetches grown for forage
- the weight of a motor vehicle, railroad car, or aircraft without its fuel or cargo
- weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land; seeds sometimes considered poisonous
- Any of the tufted grasses of genus Lolium; darnel.
- Any of various dipping sauces served with Japanese food, typically based on soy sauce.
- (rare, figuratively) A damaging weed growing in fields of grain.
- (rare) A vetch, or the seed of a vetch (genus Vicia, esp. Vicia sativa)
- The empty weight of a container; unladen weight.
- Alternative form of tara (“Indian coin”).
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- A measure of the weight of an object based on how many trillions of tons it weighs.
- A measure of the strength of an explosion or a bomb based on how many trillion tons of TNT would be needed to produce the same energy.
- a measure of the strength of an explosion or a bomb based on how many trillion tons of TNT would be needed to produce the same energy.
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- (in combination) Something that weighs a specified number of pounds.
- (used only in combination) something weighing a given number of pounds
- (in combination) Something or someone costing so many pounds sterling.
- (in combination) A gun capable of firing a specified weight of shot in pounds.
- A vessel in which something is pounded, or an implement used in pounding.
- a heavy tool of stone or iron (usually with a flat base and a handle) that is used to grind and mix material (as grain or drugs or pigments) against a slab of stone
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- a scale for weighing; depends on pull of gravity
- equality between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account
- the difference between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account
- a wheel that regulates the rate of movement in a machine; especially a wheel oscillating against the hairspring of a timepiece to regulate its beat
- (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane
- something left after other parts have been taken away
- a weight that balances another weight
- equality of distribution
- harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design)
- a state of equilibrium
- (uncountable) The overall result of conflicting forces, opinions etc.; the influence which ultimately "weighs" more than others.
- (watchmaking) A device used to regulate the speed of a watch, clock etc.
- (uncountable) Mental equilibrium; mental health; calmness, a state of remaining clear-headed and unperturbed.
- (accounting) A list accounting for the debits on one side, and for the credits on the other.
- (uncountable) A state in which opposing forces harmonise; equilibrium.
- (uncountable) Apparent harmony in art (between differing colours, sounds, etc.).
- (literally or figuratively) Something of equal weight used to provide equilibrium; counterweight.
- A pair of scales.
- (law, business, statistics) The remainder.
- (accounting) The result of such a procedure; the difference between credit and debit of an account.
- (uncountable) Awareness of both viewpoints or matters; neutrality; rationality; objectivity.
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- compute credits and debits of an account
- hold or carry in equilibrium
- be in equilibrium
- bring into balance or equilibrium
- (transitive) To compare in relative force, importance, value, etc.; to estimate.
- (transitive) To hold (an object or objects) precariously; to support on a narrow base, so as to keep from falling.
- (transitive, figurative) To make (concepts) agree.
- (transitive) To make the credits and debits of (an account) correspond.
- (intransitive) To be in equilibrium.
- (transitive, nautical) To contract, as a sail, into a narrower compass.
- (intransitive) To have matching credits and debits.
- (transitive) To bring (items) to an equipoise, as the scales of a balance by adjusting the weights.
- (transitive, dance) To move toward, and then back from, reciprocally.
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- large-scale analysis
- (chemistry) analysis (qualitative or quantitative) in which the size of the sample is of the order of grams.
- (sociology) the analysis of the highest levels of social activity e.g. social stratification.
- (social sciences) the analysis of the highest levels of social activity e.g. social stratification.
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- (historical) Various other similar units of weight in other systems.
- (grammar) A grammatical number referring to five (or more) things.
- (historical) Synonym of hundredweight, 100 or 112 English or American pounds.
- An unofficial metric unit equal to 100 kg.
- a United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds
- a unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms
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- determine the weight of
- (transitive) To determine the weight of an object.
- have a certain weight
- to be oppressive or burdensome
- have weight; have import, carry weight
- show consideration for; take into account
- (intransitive) To be considered as important; to have weight in the intellectual balance.
- (transitive, nautical) To raise an anchor free of the seabed.
- (intransitive) To have weight; to be heavy; to press down.
- (intransitive, copulative, stative) To have a certain weight.
- (transitive, figuratively) To determine the intrinsic value or merit of an object, to evaluate.
- To bear up; to raise; to lift into the air; to swing up.
- (intransitive, nautical) To weigh anchor.
- (transitive) To consider a subject.
- (transitive) Often with "out", to measure a certain amount of something by its weight, e.g. for sale.
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- (statistics) With the components of an average multiplied by particular factors so as to take account of their relative importance.
- Containing a large proportion (of something).
- Biased, so as to favour one party.
- (graph theory, of a graph) having values assigned to its edges
- Having weights on it.
- adjusted to reflect value or proportion
- made heavy or weighted down with weariness
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- think about carefully; weigh
- take into consideration for exemplifying purposes
- judge or regard; look upon; judge
- regard or treat with consideration, respect, and esteem
- deem to be
- give careful consideration to
- look at attentively
- look at carefully; study mentally
- show consideration for; take into account
- (transitive) To think about seriously.
- (intransitive) To think about something seriously or carefully: to deliberate.
- (transitive) To take up as an example.
- To believe or opine (that).
- To have regard to; to take into view or account; to pay due attention to; to respect.
- (transitive) To look at attentively.
- (transitive, parliamentary procedure) To debate (or dispose of) a motion.
- (transitive) To think about whether one will do (an action); to weigh as a possible course of action.
- (ditransitive) To assign some quality to.
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- the formal presentation of a stated proposition and the opposition to it (usually followed by a vote)
- a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal
- An argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting, often with more than two people, generally ending with a vote or other decision.
- (uncountable) Discussion of opposing views.
- An informal and spirited but generally civil discussion of opposing views.
- (frequently in the French form débat) A type of literary composition, taking the form of a discussion or disputation, commonly found in the vernacular medieval poetry of many European countries, as well as in medieval Latin.
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- unhurried and with care and dignity
- carefully thought out in advance
- characterized by conscious design or purpose
- Not hasty or sudden; slow.
- Done on purpose; intentional.
- Formed with deliberation; carefully considered; not sudden or rash.
- Of a person, weighing facts and arguments with a view to a choice or decision; carefully considering the probable consequences of a step; slow in determining.
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- think about carefully; weigh
- To discuss or debate.
- To argue or plead in a supposed case.
- (US) To make or declare irrelevant.
- (West Country) To turn up soil or dig up roots, especially an animal with a snout.
- (West Country) To take root and begin to grow.
- To bring up as a subject for debate.
- (Scotland, Northern England) To say, utter, also insinuate.
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- open to argument or debate
- of no legal significance (as having been previously decided)
- (Canada, US, chiefly law) Being an exercise of thought; academic.
- (current in UK, rare in the US) Subject to discussion (originally at a moot); arguable, debatable, unsolved or impossible to solve.
- (Canada, US) Having no practical consequence or relevance.
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- a hypothetical case that law students argue as an exercise
- A moot court.
- (Australia) The vagina.
- (historical) An assembly (usually for decision-making in a locality).
- (Scotland, Northern England) A whisper, or an insinuation, also gossip or rumors.
- (Scotland, Northern England, rustic) Talk.
- (West Country) The stump of a tree; the roots and bottom end of a felled tree.
- (Internet slang, endearing) A mutual follower on a social media platform.
- A system of arbitration in many areas of Africa in which the primary goal is to settle a dispute and reintegrate adversaries into society rather than assess penalties.
- (shipbuilding) A ring for gauging wooden pins.
- (paganism) A social gathering of pagans, normally held in a public house.
- (scouting) A gathering of Rovers, usually in the form of a camp lasting two weeks.
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- think about carefully; weigh
- turn upside down, or throw so as to reverse
- turn up, loosen, or remove earth
- do business worth a certain amount of money
- move by turning over or rotating
- turn from an upright or normal position
- cause to overturn from an upright or normal position
- cause to move around a center so as to show another side of
- place into the hands or custody of
- (transitive) To cause extensive disturbance or disruption to (a room, storage place, etc.), e.g. while searching for an item, or ransacking a property.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To transfer.
- (transitive, sports) To give up control (of the ball and thus the ability to score).
- (transitive) To flip over; to rotate uppermost to bottom.
- (transitive) To mull, ponder
- (transitive, idiomatic) To produce, complete, or cycle through.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see turn, over.
- (transitive, intransitive) To spin the crankshaft of an internal combustion engine using the starter or hand crank in an attempt to make it run.
- (transitive, business) To generate (a certain amount of money from sales).
- (transitive, idiomatic) To relinquish; give back.
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- of comparatively great physical weight or density
- given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors
- of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought
- in an advanced stage of pregnancy
- unusually great in degree or quantity or number
- slow and laborious because of weight
- prodigious
- of relatively large extent and density
- full and loud and deep
- usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it
- darkened by clouds
- full of; bearing great weight
- (of an actor or role) being or playing the villain
- (of sleep) deep and complete
- sharply inclined
- dense or inadequately leavened and hence likely to cause distress in the alimentary canal
- (used of soil) compact and fine-grained
- marked by great psychological weight; weighted down especially with sadness or troubles or weariness
- (physics, chemistry) being or containing an isotope with greater than average atomic mass or weight
- requiring or showing effort
- made of fabric having considerable thickness
- large and powerful; especially designed for heavy loads or rough work
- permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter
- of the military or industry; using (or being) the heaviest and most powerful armaments or weapons or equipment
- lacking lightness or liveliness
- of great intensity or power or force
- characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort
- (of a person) Heavyset: overweight.
- Not raised or leavened.
- (of weather) Hot and humid.
- Of great force, power, or intensity; deep or intense.
- (of any physical thing) Having great weight.
- (oil industry) Of petroleum, having high viscosity.
- (of a topic) Serious, somber.
- (nautical, military) Heavily-armed.
- (of music) Loud, distorted, or intense.
- (of wines or spirits) Having much body or strength.
- (physics) Containing one or more isotopes that are heavier than the normal one.
- (aviation, of an aircraft) Having a relatively high takeoff weight and payload.
- (of food) High in fat or protein; difficult to digest.
- Laden with that which is weighty; encumbered; burdened; bowed down, either with an actual burden, or with grief, pain, disappointment, etc.
- (of the eyes) With eyelids difficult to keep open due to tiredness.
- Not easy to bear; burdensome; oppressive.
- Doing the specified activity more intensely than most other people.
- (slang) Armed.
- (finance) Of a market: in which the price of shares is declining.
- Having the heaves.
- Slow; sluggish; inactive; or lifeless, dull, inanimate, stupid.
- Having a maximum takeoff weight exceeding 300,000 tons, as almost all widebodies do, generating high wake turbulence.
- (of a rate of flow) High, great.
- Impeding motion; cloggy; clayey.
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- an actor who plays villainous roles
- a serious (or tragic) role in a play
- (journalism, slang, chiefly in the plural) A newspaper of the quality press.
- (aviation) A relatively large multi-engined aircraft.
- (slang) A doorman, bouncer or bodyguard.
- (slang) A villain or bad guy; the one responsible for evil or aggressive acts.
- (military, historical) A member of the heavy cavalry.
- A prominent figure; a "major player".