Measured in pounds or ounces in USA

noun

1. The amount that a thing weighs
2. A quantity or thing weighing a fixed and usually specified amount
3. A heavy object (such as a metal ball) thrown, put, or lifted as an athletic exercise or contest
4. A unit of weight or mass see Metric System Table
5. A piece of material (such as metal) of known specified weight for use in weighing articles
6. A system of related units of weight
7. Something heavy load
8. A heavy object to hold or press something down or to counterbalance
9. Burden, pressure

   "the weight of their responsibilities"

10. The quality or state of being ponderous
11. Corpulence
12. Relative heaviness mass
13. The force with which a body is attracted toward the earth or a celestial body by gravitation and which is equal to the product of the mass and the local gravitational acceleration
14. The relative importance or authority accorded something

    "the weight of her opinions"

15. Measurable influence especially on others

    "throwing his weight behind the proposal"

16. Overpowering force
17. The quality (such as lightness) that makes a fabric or garment suitable for a particular use or season
18. A numerical coefficient assigned to an item to express its relative importance in a frequency distribution
19. The degree of thickness of the strokes of a type character

verb

1. To oppress with a burden

   "weighted down with cares"

2. To load or make heavy with or as if with a weight
3. To increase in heaviness by adding an ingredient
4. Weigh
5. To feel the weight of heft
6. To assign a statistical weight to
7. To cause to incline in a particular direction by manipulation

   "The tax structure … which was weighted so heavily in favor of the upper classes …"

8. To shift the burden of weight upon

   "weight the inside ski"

noun

1. The act or state of supporting or withstanding the weight of something (such as a building or the body)

   "The involved bones are deformed by the stress of weight-bearing or even by the normal pull of attached muscles."

noun

1. One who lifts barbells in competition or as an exercise

noun

1. An athlete who competes in any of the field events in which a weight is thrown or put

noun

1. A room containing equipment for weight training

noun

1. A system of conditioning involving lifting weights especially for strength and endurance

noun

1. A machine with heavy objects (called weights) attached that is used for exercise

noun phrase

1. The advantage of having a great number (of things or people)

   "They won the battle through sheer weight of numbers."

noun

1. A system of weights used chiefly by pharmacists
2. a system of weights used chiefly by pharmacists —called also apothecary weight