INDEX:
1. weighing a lot
2. how heavy someone or something is
RELATED WORDS
opposite
↑ LIGHT
see also
↑ WEIGH
↑ FAT
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1. weighing a lot
▷ heavy /ˈhevi/ [adjective]
▪ That table’s too heavy for you to lift on your own.
▪ Boys are usually slightly heavier than girls at birth.
▪ Heat the oil in a large, heavy saucepan.
▷ weigh a ton /ˌweɪ ə ˈtʌn/ [verb phrase] spoken
to be very heavy or to be a lot heavier than you expected :
▪ What on earth have you got in this suitcase? It weighs a ton!
▪ That piano weighs a ton. You’ll need four men to lift it.
▷ weight /weɪt/ [uncountable noun]
use this to say that something is very heavy :
▪ Victory was easy for a man of his weight and strength.
the weight of something
▪ Several branches had been torn from the trees by the weight of the snow.
▪ Jim was staggering along under the weight of a huge box of encyclopaedias.
2. how heavy someone or something is
▷ weigh /weɪ/ [verb]
to be a particular weight :
▪ What do you weigh -- a hundred kilos or so?
weigh 50 kilos/15 tons etc
▪ She weighs about 58 kg.
▪ Each whale was about 40 feet long and weighed 45 tonnes.
how much somebody/something weighs
▪ How much does this parcel weigh?
▪ She didn’t tell me how much the baby weighed.
▷ be 5 kilos/10 pounds etc /biː ˌfaɪv ˈkiːləʊz/ [verb phrase]
to weigh five kilos, ten pounds etc :
▪ Fortunately my suitcase was less than 25 kilos.
▪ I’ve put on weight recently, so I’m probably about 120 kilos.
▷ how heavy /haʊ ˈhevi/
use this to ask or say how much something weighs, especially something that is very heavy :
▪ Well, how heavy is your boat? would it go on top of the car?
▪ You’d be surprised how heavy these boxes are.
▷ weight /weɪt/ [singular noun]
the amount that something or someone weighs :
▪ If you can guess the weight of the cake, you win a prize.
▪ The cost of transportation depends on the weight of the load.
▪ Premature babies have a low birth weight.
▪ Vehicles over a certain weight are not allowed to use the bridge.