weights

/weɪts/ · noun

Meaning

(physical) Matter, material.
A large quantity; a sum.
The Eucharist, now especially in Roman Catholicism.
Celebration of the Eucharist.
(usually as the Mass) The sacrament of the Eucharist.
A musical setting of parts of the mass.
The force on an object due to the gravitational attraction between it and the Earth (or whatever astronomical object it is primarily influenced by).
An object used to make something heavier.
A standardized block of metal used in a balance to measure the mass of another object.
Importance or influence.
An object, such as a weight plate or barbell, used for strength training.
(lubricants) viscosity rating.
To add weight to something; to make something heavier.
To load, burden or oppress someone.
To assign weights to individual statistics.
To bias something; to slant.
To handicap a horse with a specified weight.
To give a certain amount of force to a throw, kick, hit, etc.

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