weightlifting Any collection of weighted objects, such as dumbbells or barbells, used for exercise and training the muscles, Plural form of weight, verb_ Third-person singular simple present indicative form of weight

Made heavy or heavier by the addition of something, Having weights on it, made heavy or weighted down with weariness, verb_ Simple past tense and past participle of weight

The force with which a body is attracted to Earth or another celestial body, equal to the product of the object's mass and the acceleration of gravity, An object used principally to exert a force by virtue of its gravitational attraction to Earth, especially, An object used to hold something else down, transitive verb_ To load with a weight or weights; to load down; to make heavy; to attach weights to, Statistics To assign weights or a weight to, To increase the weight or body of (fabrics) by treating with chemicals

Of, or relating to, troy weight, Of or expressed in troy weight, noun_ the weight which gold and silver, jewels, and the like, are weighed. It was so named from Troyes, in France, where it was first adopted in Europe. The troy ounce is supposed to have been brought from Cairo during the crusades. In this weight the pound is divided into 12 ounces, the ounce into 20 pennyweights, and the pennyweight into 24 grains; hence, the troy ounce contains 480 grains, and the troy pound contains 5760 grains. The avoirdupois pound contains 7000 troy grains; so that 175 pounds troy equal 144 pounds avoirdupois, or 1 pound troy = 0.82286 of a pound avoirdupois, and 1 ounce troy = 117/175 or 1.09714 ounce avoirdupois. Troy weight when divided, the pound into 12 ounces, the ounce into 8 drams, the dram into 3 scruples, and the scruple into 20 grains, is called apothecaries' weight, used in weighing medicines, etc. In the standard weights of the United States, the troy ounce is divided decimally down to the 1/10000 part, a system of weights used for precious metals and gemstones; based on a 12-ounce pound and an ounce of 480 grains, an ancient city in Asia Minor that was the site of the Trojan War

Nautical A system of ropes and blocks for raising and lowering weights of rigging and pulleys for applying tension, The act of stopping an opposing player carrying the ball, especially by forcing the opponent to the ground, as in football or Rugby, the apparatus or appliances for hauling cannon in or out, intransitive verb_ To obstruct (a player with the ball) in order to cause loss of possession of the ball, To stop (an opponent carrying the ball), especially by forcing the opponent to the ground, To tackle an opponent in possession of the ball, transitive verb_ To supply with tackle, To begin to deal with, (Football) To cause the ball carrier to fall to the ground, thus ending the forward motion of the ball and the play

a traveler riding in a vehicle (a boat or bus or car or plane or train etc) who is not operating it, A small, sliding piece of aluminium on a chemical balance, used to determine small weights, one who rides, often a horse or motorcycle

In a bridge or other structure, the fixed weight of the structure due to the material of which it is made, and which is not removable, or affected by movable weights on the floor or roof, A fee that a mutual fund charges to an investor when the investor purchases or redeems shares in the fund, The power output of a generator or power plant, intransitive verb_ To give worries or difficulties to; weigh down; burden, To insert (a necessary material) into a device, To charge with additional meanings, implications, or emotional import