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Weight Definition–noun | 1. | the amount or quantity of heaviness or mass; amount a thing weighs. | | 2. | Physics. the force that gravitation exerts upon a body, equal to the mass of the body times the local acceleration of gravity: commonly taken, in a region of constant gravitational acceleration, as a measure of mass. | | 3. | a system of units for expressing heaviness or mass: avoirdupois weight. | | 4. | a unit of heaviness or mass: The pound is a common weight in English-speaking countries. | | 5. | a body of determinate mass, as of metal, for using on a balance or scale in weighing objects, substances, etc. | | 6. | a specific quantity of a substance that is determined by weighing or that weighs a fixed amount: a half-ounce weight of gold dust. | | 7. | any heavy load, mass, or object: Put down that weight and rest your arms. | | 8. | an object used or useful solely because of its heaviness: the weights of a clock. | | 9. | a mental or moral burden, as of care, sorrow, or responsibility: Knowing you are safe takes a weight off my mind. | | 10. | importance, moment, consequence, or effective influence: an opinion of great weight. | | 11. | Statistics. a measure of the relative importance of an item in
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a statistical population. | | 12. | (of clothing, textiles, etc.) | a. | relative heaviness or thickness as related to warmth or to seasonal use (often used in combination): a winter-weight jacket. | | b. | relative heaviness or thickness as related to use: a bolt of coat-weight woolen cloth. | | | 13. | Printing. (of type) the degree of blackness or boldness. | | 14. | (esp. in boxing) a division or class to which a contestant belongs according to how much he weighs: two br
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others who fight professionally in the same weight. | | 15. | the total amount the jockey, saddle, and leads must weigh on a racehorse during a race, according to the conditions of the race: Jacinto has a weight of 122 pounds in the seventh race. | | 16. | the stress or accent value gi
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ven a sound, syllable, or word. | –verb (used with object) | 17. | to add weight to; load with additional weight: to weight sacks before dumping them overboard. | | 18. | to load (fabrics, threads, etc.) with mineral or other matter to increase the weight or bulk. | | 19. | to burden with or as if with weight (often fol. by down): Financial worries have weighted that family down for years. | | 20. | Statistics. to give a statistical weight to. | | 21. | to bias or slant toward a particular goal or direction; manipulate: The teacher weighted the test so students who had read both books would make the highest marks. | | 22. | to assign (a racehorse) a specific weight to carry in a race: The handicapper weighted Dapper Dan with 128 pounds. | —Idioms | 23. | by weight, according to measurement of heaviness or mass: Rates are determined by weight. | | 24. | carry weight, to have importance or significance; influence: Her opinion is certain to carry weight. | | 25. | pull one's weight, to contribute one's rightful share of work to a project or job: We will finish in time if we each pull our weight. Also, pull one's own weight. | | 26. | throw one's weight around or about, to use one's power and influence, esp. beyond the bounds of propriety, to secure some personal gain. | |
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Loss Definition–noun | 1. | detriment, disadvantage, or deprivation from failure to keep, have, or get: to bear the loss of a robbery. | | 2. | something that is lost: The painting was the greatest loss from the robbery. | | 3. | an amount or number lost: The loss of life increased each day. | | 4. | the state of being deprived of or of being without something that one has had: the loss of old friends. | | 5. | death, or the fact of being dead: to mourn the loss of a grandparent. | | 6. | the accidental or inadvertent losing of something dropped, misplaced, stolen, etc.: to discover the loss of a document. | | 7. | a losing by defeat; failure to win: the loss of a bet. | | 8. | failure to make good use of something, as time; waste. | | 9. | failure to preserve or maintain: loss of engine speed at high altitudes. | | 10. | destruction or ruin: the loss of a ship by fire. | | 11. | a thing or a number of related things that are lost or destroyed to some extent: Most buildings in the burned district were a total loss. | | 12. | Military. | a. | the losing of soldiers by death, capture, etc. | | b. | Often, losses. the number of soldiers so lost. | | | 13. | Insurance. occurrence of an event, as death or damage of property, for which the insurer makes indemnity under the terms of a policy. | | 14. | Electricity. a measure of the power lost in a system, as by conversion to heat, expressed as a relation between power input and power output, as the ratio of or difference between the two quantities. | —Idiom | 15. | at a loss, | a. | at less than cost; at a financial loss. | | b. | in a state of bewilderment or uncertainty; puzzled; perplexed: We are completely at a loss for an answer to the problem. | | |
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Fast Definition–adjective | 1. | moving or able to move, operate, function, or take effect quickly; quick; swift; rapid: a fast horse; a fast pain reliever; a fast thinker. | | 2. | done in comparatively little time; taking a comparatively short time: a fast race; fast work. | | 3. | (of time) | a. | indicating a time in advance of the correct time, as of a clock. | | b. | noting or according to daylight-saving time. | | | 4. | adapted to, allowing, productive of, or imparting rapid movement: a hull with fast lines; one of the fastest pitchers in baseball. | | 5. | characterized by unrestrained conduct or lack of moral conventions, esp. in sexual relations; wanton; loose: Some young people in that era were considered fast, if not downright promiscuous. | | 6. | characterized by hectic activity: leading a fast life. | | 8. | firmly fixed in place; not easily moved; securely attached. | | 9. | held or caught firmly, so as to be unable to escape or be extricated: an animal fast in a trap. | | 10. | firmly tied, as a knot. | | 11. | closed and made secure, as a door, gate, or shutter. | | 12. | such as to hold securely: to lay fast hold on a thing. | | 13. | firm in adherence; loyal; devoted: fast friends. | | 14. | permanent, lasting, or unchangeable: a fast color; a hard and fast rule. | | 15. | Informal. | a. | (of money, profits, etc.) made quickly or easily and sometimes deviously: He earned some fast change helping the woman with her luggage. | | b. | cleverly quick and manipulative in making money: a fast operator when it comes to closing a business deal. | | | 16. | Photography. | a. | (of a lens) able to transmit a relatively large amount of light in a relatively short time. | | b. | (of a film) requiring a relatively short exposure time to attain a given density. | | | 17. | Horse Racing. | a. | (of a track condition) completely dry. | | b. | (of a track surface) very hard. | | –adverb | 18. | quickly, swiftly, or rapidly. | | 19. | in quick succession: Events followed fast upon one another to the crisis. | | 20. | tightly; firmly: to hold fast. | | 21. | soundly: fast asleep. | | 22. | in a wild or dissipated way. | | 23. | ahead of the correct or announced time. | | 24. | Archaic. close; near: fast by. | –noun | 25. | a fastening for a door, window, or the like. | —Idioms | 26. | play fast and loose. play (def. 80). | | 27. | pull a fast one, Informal. to play an unfair trick; practice deceit: He tried to pull a fast one on us by switching the cards. | |
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