| airfreight | (verb) transport (cargo) by air | Synonyms: air-freight, air-ship |
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| aweigh | (adjective) (of an anchor) just clear of the bottom | Synonyms: atrip |
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| (adjective) (used of an anchor) hanging clear of the bottom | - |
| bantamweight | (noun) A weight class division in combat sports, for fighters heavier than those in the flyweight division and lighter than those in the featherweight division. | - |
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| (noun) an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 119 pounds | - |
| (noun) weighs 115-126 pounds | - |
| beige | (adjective) of a light greyish-brown color | - |
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| (noun) a very light brown | Synonyms: ecru |
| beigel | (noun) (Yiddish) glazed yeast-raised doughnut-shaped roll with hard crust | Synonyms: bagel |
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| beignet | (noun) a deep-fried, yeast-raised doughnut dusted with confectioners' sugar | Synonyms: French fritter |
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| bobsleigh | (noun) a long racing sled (for 2 or more people) with a steering mechanism | Synonyms: bob, bobsled |
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| (noun) formerly two short sleds coupled together | Synonyms: bobsled |
| counterweight | (noun) a weight that balances another weight | Synonyms: balance, counterbalance, counterpoise, equaliser, equalizer |
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| (verb) constitute a counterweight or counterbalance to | Synonyms: counterpoise, counterpose |
| cruiserweight | (noun) A weight class division in combat sports, for fighters heavier than those in the middleweight division and lighter than those in the super heavyweight division. | Synonyms: light heavyweight |
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| (noun) a professional boxer who weighs between 169 and 175 pounds | Synonyms: light heavyweight |
| deign | (verb) do something that one considers to be below one's dignity | Synonyms: condescend, descend |
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| eigenvalue | (noun) (mathematics) any number such that a given square matrix minus that number times the identity matrix has a zero determinant | Synonyms: characteristic root of a square matrix, eigenvalue of a matrix, eigenvalue of a square matrix |
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| eight | (adjective) being one more than seven | Synonyms: 8, viii |
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| (noun) one of four playing cards in a deck with eight pips on the face | Synonyms: eight-spot |
| (noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one | Synonyms: 8, eighter, eighter from Decatur, octad, octet, octonary, ogdoad, VIII |
| eighteen | (adjective) being one more than seventeen | Synonyms: 18, xviii |
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| (noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of seventeen and one | Synonyms: 18, XVIII |
| eighteenth | (adjective) coming next after the seventeenth in position | Synonyms: 18th |
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| (noun) position 18 in a countable series of things | - |
| eighter | (noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one | Synonyms: 8, eight, eighter from Decatur, octad, octet, octonary, ogdoad, VIII |
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| eightfold | (adjective) having eight units or components | Synonyms: eight-fold, octuple |
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| eighth | (adjective) coming next after the seventh and just before the ninth in position | Synonyms: 8th |
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| (noun) one part in eight equal parts | Synonyms: one-eighth |
| (noun) position eight in a countable series of things | - |
| eighties | (noun) the time of life between 80 and 90 | Synonyms: mid-eighties |
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| (noun) the decade from 1980 to 1989 | Synonyms: 1980s |
| (noun) the decade from 1880 to 1889 | Synonyms: 1880s |
| eightieth | (adjective) the ordinal number of eighty in counting order | Synonyms: 80th |
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| (noun) position 80 in a countable series of things | - |
| eightpence | (noun) a coin worth eight pennies | - |
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| eightpenny | (adjective) used of nail size; 2 1/2 in or 6.4 cm long | - |
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| eightsome | (noun) a Scottish reel for eight dancers | - |
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| (noun) eight people considered as a unit | Synonyms: octet, octette |
| eightvo | (noun) the size of a book whose pages are made by folding a sheet of paper three times to form eight leaves | Synonyms: 8vo, octavo |
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| eighty | (adjective) being ten more than seventy | Synonyms: 80, fourscore, lxxx |
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| (noun) the cardinal number that is the product of ten and eight | Synonyms: 80, fourscore, LXXX |
| featherweight | (noun) A weight class division in combat sports, for fighters heavier than those in the bantamweight division and lighter than those in the lightweight division. | - |
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| (noun) a professional boxer who weighs between 123 and 126 pounds | - |
| (noun) weighs 126-139 pounds | - |
| (noun) an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 126 pounds | - |
| feign | (verb) make believe with the intent to deceive | Synonyms: affect, dissemble, pretend, sham |
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| (verb) make a pretence of | Synonyms: assume, sham, simulate |
| feigned | (adjective) not genuine | - |
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| feigning | (noun) the act of giving a false appearance | Synonyms: pretence, pretending, pretense, simulation |
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| (noun) pretending with intention to deceive | Synonyms: dissembling, pretence, pretense |
| flyweight | (noun) A weight class division in combat sports, often the lightest. | - |
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| (noun) an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 112 pounds | - |
| (noun) weighs no more than 115 pounds | - |
| foreign | (adjective) relating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world | Synonyms: strange |
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| (adjective) of concern to or concerning the affairs of other nations (other than your own) | - |
| (adjective) not belonging to that in which it is contained; introduced from an outside source | Synonyms: extraneous |
| (adjective) not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something | Synonyms: alien |
| foreigner | (noun) a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country | Synonyms: alien, noncitizen, outlander |
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| (noun) someone who is excluded from or is not a member of a group | Synonyms: outsider |
| foreignness | (noun) the quality of being alien or not native | Synonyms: curiousness, strangeness |
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| freight | (noun) transporting goods commercially at rates cheaper than express rates | Synonyms: freightage |
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| (noun) goods carried by a large vehicle | Synonyms: cargo, consignment, lading, load, loading, payload, shipment |
| (noun) the charge for transporting something by common carrier | Synonyms: freight rate, freightage |
| (verb) load with goods for transportation | - |
| (verb) transport commercially as cargo | - |
| freightage | (noun) transporting goods commercially at rates cheaper than express rates | Synonyms: freight |
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| (noun) the charge for transporting something by common carrier | Synonyms: freight, freight rate |
| freighter | (noun) a cargo ship | Synonyms: bottom, merchant ship, merchantman |
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| heavyweight | (noun) A weight class division in combat sports, often the heaviest. | Synonyms: super heavyweight |
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| (noun) a person of exceptional importance and reputation | Synonyms: behemoth, colossus, giant, titan |
| (noun) a professional boxer who weighs more than 190 pounds | - |
| (noun) a wrestler who weighs more than 214 pounds | - |
| (noun) a very large person; impressive in size or qualities | Synonyms: giant, hulk, whale |
| (noun) an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 201 pounds | - |
| height | (noun) the vertical dimension of extension; distance from the base of something to the top | Synonyms: tallness |
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| (noun) (of a standing person) the distance from head to foot | Synonyms: stature |
| (noun) elevation especially above sea level or above the earth's surface | Synonyms: altitude |
| (noun) the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development | Synonyms: acme, elevation, meridian, peak, pinnacle, summit, superlative, tiptop, top |
| heighten | (verb) increase the level of | Synonyms: enhance, raise |
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| (verb) become more extreme | Synonyms: rise |
| (verb) make more extreme; raise in quantity, degree, or intensity | - |
| (verb) make more intense, stronger, or more marked | Synonyms: compound, deepen, intensify |
| (verb) make (one's senses) more acute | Synonyms: sharpen |
| (verb) increase the height of | - |
| heightening | (adjective) reaching a higher intensity | - |
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| heights | (noun) a high place | Synonyms: high |
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| hundredweight | (noun) a British unit of weight equivalent to 112 pounds | Synonyms: cwt, long hundredweight |
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| (noun) a United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds | Synonyms: cental, centner, cwt, quintal, short hundredweight |
| (noun) a unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms in the metric system | Synonyms: centner, doppelzentner, metric hundredweight |
| inveigh | (verb) complain bitterly | Synonyms: rail |
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| (verb) speak against in an impassioned manner | Synonyms: declaim |
| inveigle | (verb) influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering | Synonyms: blarney, cajole, coax, palaver, sweet-talk, wheedle |
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| lightweight | (adjective) weighing relatively little compared with another item or object of similar use | - |
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| (adjective) having no importance or influence | - |
| (noun) A weight class division in combat sports, for fighters heavier than those in the featherweight division and lighter than those in the welterweight division. | - |
| (noun) a professional boxer who weighs between 131 and 135 pounds | - |
| (noun) a wrestler who weighs 139-154 pounds | - |
| (noun) someone who is unimportant but cheeky and presumptuous | Synonyms: jackanapes, whippersnapper |
| (noun) an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 132 pounds | - |
| makeweight | (noun) a weight added to the scale to reach a required weight | - |
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| (noun) anything added to fill out a whole | Synonyms: filler |
| middleweight | (noun) a professional boxer who weighs between 155 and 160 pounds | - |
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| (noun) a wrestler who weighs 172-192 pounds | - |
| (noun) an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 165 pounds | - |
| neigh | (noun) the characteristic sounds made by a horse | Synonyms: nicker, whicker, whinny |
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| (verb) make a characteristic sound, of a horse | Synonyms: nicker, whicker, whinny |
| neighbor | (noun) a nearby object of the same kind | Synonyms: neighbour |
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| (noun) a person who lives (or is located) near another | Synonyms: neighbour |
| (verb) be located near or adjacent to | Synonyms: neighbour |
| (verb) live or be located as a neighbor | Synonyms: neighbour |
| neighborhood | (noun) people living near one another | Synonyms: neighbourhood |
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| (noun) a surrounding or nearby region | Synonyms: locality, neck of the woods, neighbourhood, vicinity |
| (noun) an area within a city or town that has some distinctive features (especially one forming a community) | - |
| (noun) the approximate amount of something (usually used prepositionally as in `in the region of') | Synonyms: region |
| neighboring | (adjective) having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching | Synonyms: adjacent, conterminous, contiguous, neighbouring |
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| neighborliness | (noun) a disposition to be friendly and helpful to neighbors | Synonyms: good-neighborliness, good-neighbourliness, neighbourliness |
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| neighborly | (adjective) exhibiting the qualities expected in a friendly neighbor | Synonyms: neighbourly |
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| neighbour | (noun) a nearby object of the same kind | Synonyms: neighbor |
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| (noun) a person who lives (or is located) near another | Synonyms: neighbor |
| (verb) be located near or adjacent to | Synonyms: neighbor |
| (verb) live or be located as a neighbor | Synonyms: neighbor |
| neighbourhood | (noun) people living near one another | Synonyms: neighborhood |
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| (noun) a surrounding or nearby region | Synonyms: locality, neck of the woods, neighborhood, vicinity |
| neighbouring | (adjective) having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching | Synonyms: adjacent, conterminous, contiguous, neighboring |
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| neighbourliness | (noun) a disposition to be friendly and helpful to neighbors | Synonyms: good-neighborliness, good-neighbourliness, neighborliness |
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| neighbourly | (adjective) exhibiting the qualities expected in a friendly neighbor | Synonyms: neighborly |
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| nonsovereign | (adjective) (of peoples and political bodies) controlled by outside forces | Synonyms: nonautonomous |
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| outweigh | (verb) be heavier than | - |
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| (verb) weigh more heavily | Synonyms: outbalance, overbalance, preponderate |
| overweight | (adjective) usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it | Synonyms: fleshy, heavy |
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| (noun) the property of excessive fatness | Synonyms: adiposis, corpulence, stoutness |
| paperweight | (noun) a weight used to hold down a stack of papers | - |
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| peignoir | (noun) a loose dressing gown for women | Synonyms: housecoat, neglige, negligee, wrapper |
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| pennyweight | (noun) a unit of apothecary weight equal to 24 grains | - |
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| reign | (noun) royal authority; the dominion of a monarch | Synonyms: sovereignty |
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| (noun) the period during which a monarch is sovereign | - |
| (noun) a period during which something or somebody is dominant or powerful | - |
| (verb) have sovereign power | - |
| (verb) be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance | Synonyms: dominate, predominate, prevail, rule |
| reigning | (adjective) exercising power or authority | Synonyms: regnant, ruling |
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| reignite | (verb) ignite anew, as of something burning | - |
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| seigneur | (noun) a man of rank in the ancient regime | Synonyms: feudal lord, seignior |
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| seigneury | (noun) the position and authority of a feudal lord | Synonyms: feudal lordship, seigniory |
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| (noun) the estate of a seigneur | Synonyms: seigniory, signory |
| seignior | (noun) a man of rank in the ancient regime | Synonyms: feudal lord, seigneur |
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| seigniorage | (noun) charged by a government for coining bullion | - |
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| seigniory | (noun) the position and authority of a feudal lord | Synonyms: feudal lordship, seigneury |
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| (noun) the estate of a seigneur | Synonyms: seigneury, signory |
| skreigh | (verb) utter a harsh abrupt scream | Synonyms: screak, screech, skreak, squawk |
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| sleigh | (noun) a vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs; for transportation over snow | Synonyms: sled, sledge |
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| (verb) ride (on) a sled | Synonyms: sled |
| sleight | (noun) adroitness in using the hands | Synonyms: dexterity, manual dexterity |
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| sovereign | (adjective) greatest in status or authority or power | Synonyms: supreme |
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| (adjective) (of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces | Synonyms: autonomous, independent, self-governing |
| (noun) a nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right | Synonyms: crowned head, monarch |
| sovereignty | (noun) the authority of a state to govern another state | - |
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| (noun) government free from external control | - |
| (noun) royal authority; the dominion of a monarch | Synonyms: reign |
| underweight | (adjective) being very thin | Synonyms: boney, bony, scraggly, scraggy, scrawny, skinny, weedy |
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| unfeigned | (adjective) not pretended; sincerely felt or expressed | Synonyms: genuine, true |
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| unfeignedly | (adverb) with sincerity; without pretense | Synonyms: sincerely, truly |
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| unneighborliness | (noun) an unneighborly disposition | - |
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| unneighborly | (adjective) not exhibiting the qualities expected in a friendly neighbor | Synonyms: unneighbourly |
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| unneighbourly | (adjective) not exhibiting the qualities expected in a friendly neighbor | Synonyms: unneighborly |
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| weigela | (noun) deciduous shrub widely cultivated for its white or pink or red flowers | Synonyms: Weigela florida |
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| weigh | (verb) show consideration for; take into account | Synonyms: consider, count |
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| (verb) determine the weight of | Synonyms: librate |
| (verb) have a certain weight | - |
| (verb) have weight; have import, carry weight | Synonyms: count, matter |
| (verb) to be oppressive or burdensome | Synonyms: press |
| weighbridge | (noun) platform scale flush with a roadway for weighing vehicles and cattle etc | - |
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| weigher | (noun) an official who weighs and records the weight | - |
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| weighing | (noun) careful consideration | Synonyms: advisement, deliberation |
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| weight | (noun) an artifact that is heavy | - |
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| (noun) 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 | Synonyms: exercising weight, free weight |
| (noun) the vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity | - |
| (noun) the relative importance granted to something | Synonyms: weightiness |
| (noun) an oppressive feeling of heavy force | - |
| (noun) a unit used to measure weight | Synonyms: weight unit |
| (noun) a system of units used to express the weight of something | Synonyms: system of weights |
| (noun) (statistics) a coefficient assigned to elements of a frequency distribution in order to represent their relative importance | Synonyms: weighting |
| (verb) present with a bias | Synonyms: angle, slant |
| (verb) weight down with a load | Synonyms: burden, burthen, weight down |
| weighted | (adjective) adjusted to reflect value or proportion | - |
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| (adjective) made heavy or weighted down with weariness | Synonyms: leaden |
| weightily | (adverb) as something very heavy | - |
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| (adverb) in a solemn manner | - |
| weightiness | (noun) the property of being comparatively great in weight | Synonyms: heaviness |
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| (noun) the relative importance granted to something | Synonyms: weight |
| weighting | (noun) (statistics) a coefficient assigned to elements of a frequency distribution in order to represent their relative importance | Synonyms: weight |
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| weightless | (adjective) having little or no weight or apparent gravitational pull; light | - |
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| weightlessness | (noun) the property of being comparatively small in weight | Synonyms: lightness |
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| weightlift | (noun) bodybuilding by exercise that involves lifting weights | Synonyms: weightlifting |
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| (verb) lift weights | Synonyms: press, weight-lift |
| weightlifter | (noun) an athlete who lifts barbells | Synonyms: lifter |
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| weightlifting | (noun) bodybuilding by exercise that involves lifting weights | Synonyms: weightlift |
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| weighty | (adjective) having relatively great weight; heavy | - |
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| (adjective) excessively fat | Synonyms: corpulent, obese, rotund |
| (adjective) weighing heavily on the spirit; causing anxiety or worry | - |
| (adjective) of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought | Synonyms: grave, grievous, heavy |
| (adjective) powerfully persuasive | Synonyms: cogent, telling |
| welterweight | (noun) A weight class division in combat sports, for fighters heavier than those in the lightweight division and lighter than those in the middleweight division. | - |
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| (noun) a professional boxer who weighs between 141 and 147 pounds | - |
| (noun) a wrestler who weighs 154-172 pounds | - |
| (noun) an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 148 pounds | - |
| (noun) a weight of 28 pounds; sometimes imposed as a handicap in a horse race (such as a steeplechase) | - |