–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 yo 7f1 u 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 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 brothers 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 given a sound, syllable, or word.

–verb (used with object) 3e8

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.

–noun

1.	a period or interv 7f1 al of time: to wait a long while; He arrived a short while ago.

2.	Archaic. a particular time or occasion.

–conjunction

3.	during or in the time that.

4.	throughout the time that; as long as.

5.	even though; although: While she appreciated the honor, she could not accept the position.

6.	at the same time that (showing an analogous or corresponding action): The floor was strewn with books, while magazines covered the tables.

–preposition

7.	Archaic. until.

–verb (used with object)

8.	to cause (time) to pass, esp. in some easy or pleasant manner (usually fol. by away).

—Idioms

9.	all the while, at or during this time; all along: She realized all the while that the cake would fall.

10.	worth one's while, worth one's time, trouble, or expense: The art exhibition that opened yesterday isn't worth your while.

–pronoun

1.	the pronoun of the second person singular or plural, used of the person or persons being addressed, in the nominative or objective case: You are the highest bidder. It is you who are to blame. We can't help you. This package came for you. Did she give you the book?

2.	one; anyone; people in general: a tiny animal you can't even see.

3.	(used in apposition with the subject of a sentence, sometimes repeated for emphasis following the subject): You children pay attention. You rascal, you!

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Informal. (used in place of the pronoun your before a gerund): There's no sense in you getting upset.

5.	Archaic. a. yourself; yourselves: Get you home. Make you ready. b. a pl. form of the pronoun ye.

–noun

6.	something or someone closely identified with or resembling the person addressed: Don't buy the bright red shirt—it just isn't you. It was like seeing another you.

7.	the nature or character of the person addressed: Try to discover the hidden you.

–verb (used without object)

1.	to take the rest afforded by a suspension of voluntary bodily functions and the natural suspension, complete or partial, of consciousness; cease being awake.

2.	Botany. to assume, esp. at night, a state similar to the sleep of animals, marked by closing of petals, leaves, etc.

3.	to be dormant, quiescent, or inactive, as faculties.

4.	to be careless or unalert; allow one's alertness, vigilance, or attentiveness to lie dormant: While England slept, Germany prepared for war.

5.	to lie in death: They are sleeping in their tombs.

–verb (used with object)

6.	to take rest in (a specified kind of sleep): He slept the sleep of the innocent.

7.	to accommodate for sleeping; have sleeping accommodations for: This trailer sleeps three people.

8.	to 625 spend or pass in sleep (usually fol. by away or out): to sleep the day away.

9.	to recover from the effects of (a headache, hangover, etc.) by sleeping (usually fol. by off or away).

–noun

10.	the state of a person, animal, or plant that sleeps.

11.	a period of sleeping: a brief sleep.

12.	dormancy or inactivity.

13.	the repose of death.

14.	sleeper (def. 10).

—Verb phrases

15.	sleep around, Informal. to have sexual relations with many partners, esp. in a casual way; be sexually promiscuous.

16.	sleep in, a. (esp. of domestic help) to sleep where one is employed. b. to sleep beyond one's usual time of arising.

17.	sleep on, to postpone making a decision about for at least a day: to sleep on a proposal till the end of the week.

18.	sleep out, a. (esp. of domestic help) to sleep away from one's place of employment. b. Chiefly Northern U.S. to sleep away from one's home. c. to sleep outdoors.

19.	sleep over, to spend one or more nights in a place other than one's own home: Two friends will sleep over this weekend.

20.	sleep together, to be sexual partners; have a sexual relationship.

21.	sleep with, to have sexual relations with.

—Idiom

22.	put to sleep, to put (an animal) to death in a humane way: to put a sick old dog to sleep.