weight noun
1 amount sth weighs
ADJ. considerable, enormous, great, heavy, immense | light | gross, net | average, mean | sheer (figurative) The sheer weight of visitors is destroying this tourist attraction.
VERB + WEIGHT bear, carry, support The arch bears the weight of the bridge above. | bend/buckle/collapse/crack/sag/shift/sink beneath/under, give way beneath/under Many buildings collapsed under the weight of rain-soaked ash and mud. (figurative) He was buckling under the weight of his responsibilities. | crush sb beneath/under | creak/groan beneath/under She tried to be quiet, but the stairs creaked under her weight. | stagger/strain beneath/under The boy was staggering beneath the weight of a pile of boxes.
PREP. in ~ It is about 76 kilos in weight.
2 weight of sb's body
ADJ. low | ideal, right | excess, surplus | target I should soon be down to my target weight of 70 kilos. | body | birth babies with a low birth weight
VERB + WEIGHT watch I won't have any cake?I have to watch my weight. | gain, put on | lose, reduce, shed He's lost a lot of weight. | keep down | bear, carry, hold, support, stand, take I was worried that the branch wouldn't take my weight. | put, rest The doctor told me not to put my weight on this ankle for a month. | shift, transfer He nervously shifted his weight from foot to foot. | distribute Stand with your legs apart and your weight evenly distributed. | hurl, throw He threw his weight at the door and it burst open.
WEIGHT + VERB go up, increase | go down, decrease, drop, fall, plummet, plunge | fluctuate People's body weight can fluctuate during the day.
WEIGHT + NOUN gain, loss | control | problem
3 piece of metal
ADJ. heavy, large | light
VERB + WEIGHT lift She did circuit training and lifted weights to build her fitness.
WEIGHT + NOUN lifting, training
PHRASES weights and measures
4 heavy object
ADJ. heavy | dead With difficulty she managed to pull his dead weight onto the bed. | leaden (figurative) A leaden weight lay on her heart as she waved him goodbye.
VERB + WEIGHT lift Heavy weights should be lifted with a straight back.
5 importance/influence of sth
ADJ. due, sufficient Environmental considerations were given due weight in making the decision. | insufficient | considerable | sheer How can you ignore the sheer weight of medical opinion? | economic, financial, intellectual, political America's economic weight
VERB + WEIGHT attach, give, place They attach too much weight to academic achievement. | carry Her opinion seemed to carry little weight in the company. | add, lend The new evidence added considerable weight to the prosecution's case. Sir Leon lent his weight to the Tory campaign yesterday.
PHRASES put/throw your weight behind sth, weight of numbers The rebels were defeated by sheer weight of numbers.
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