weight

²weight

verb

Definition of WEIGHT

transitive verb

1

: to oppress with a burden <weighted down with cares>

2

a : to load or make heavy with or as if with a weight b : to increase in heaviness by adding an ingredient

3

a : weigh 1 b : to feel the weight of : heft

4

: to assign a statistical weight to

5

: to cause to incline in a particular direction by manipulation <the tax structure … which was weighted so heavily in favor of the upper classes — A. S. Link>

6

: to shift the burden of weight upon <weight the inside ski>

Examples of WEIGHT

1. I weighted the fishing line with a lead sinker.
2. <weighted the car with a ton of furniture and then headed off for college>

First Known Use of WEIGHT

1647

Related to WEIGHT

Synonyms: burden, encumber, freight, lade, laden, lumber, saddle, load

Antonyms: disburden, discharge, disencumber, unburden, unlade, unload

Related Words: clog, clutter, fill, pack; heap, mound, pile, stack; press, weigh; strain, tax; overburden, overload, overtax, surcharge; hamper, handicap; afflict, oppress

Near Antonyms: alleviate, ease, lighten, relieve

[+]more[-]hide