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
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
VERB + WEIGHT
- lift
- She did circuit training and lifted weights to build her fitness
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
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