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dead weight
dead weight or dead·weight (dĕd′wāt′)n.1. The unrelieved weight of a heavy, motionless mass.2. An oppressive burden or difficulty.3. Abbr. DW The fixed weight of a structure or piece of equipment, such as a bridge on its supports. Also called dead load.dead weight n 1. a heavy weight or load 2. an oppressive burden; encumbrance 3. (Nautical Terms) the difference between the loaded and the unloaded weights of a ship 4. (Civil Engineering) another name for dead load 5. (Commerce) (in shipping) freight chargeable by weight rather than by bulk dead′ weight′ or dead′weight′,
n. 1. the heavy, unrelieved weight of anything inert. 2. a heavy burden or responsibility. [1650–60] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | dead weight - an oppressive encumbranceburden, encumbrance, onus, incumbrance, load - an onerous or difficult concern; "the burden of responsibility"; "that's a load off my mind" | | 2. | dead weight - a heavy motionless weightweight - the vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity |
Translationsdead weight
dead weight1. The weight of someone who is sleeping, unconscious, or intentionally limp, making them more difficult to move or carry than they would be otherwise. Jamie struggled with the dead weight of her sleeping 10-year-old son when she tried to carry him to bed.2. A burden that holds someone or something else back or prevents progress; someone or something that when handled or associated with conveys only difficulty and not benefit. You've been dead weight this entire road trip. You've just sat there without driving or paying for gas or anything! All those empty containers are dead weight. We're going to have to jettison them if we want to have enough fuel to make it back.See also: dead, weightdead weightA heavy or oppressive burden, as in That police record will be a dead weight on his career. This term alludes to the unrelieved weight of an inert mass. [Early 1700s] See also: dead, weighta dead weight A dead weight is something that makes change or progress extremely difficult. We must reduce the dead weight of bureaucracy. The company is already struggling under the dead weight of $14 billion debt.See also: dead, weightdead weightAn oppressive burden or heavy responsibility. The physical attributes of such a weight were noted early on, but the figurative use of the expression dates from the early eighteenth century. The English philosopher Lord Shaftesbury (the third Earl) wrote (1711), “Pedantry and Bigotry are millstones able to sink the best Book, which carries the least part of their dead weight.” See also: dead, weightdead weight
dead weight1. the difference between the loaded and the unloaded weights of a ship 2. another name for dead load3. (in shipping) freight chargeable by weight rather than by bulk dead load1. The weight of a structure itself, including the weight of fixtures or equipment permanently attached to it. Compare with live load. 2. The load imposed on a pipe located in a trench and covered by infill; depends on the depth and width of the trench, and the density and character of the infill material.FinancialSeedead loadAcronymsSeedry welldead weight
Related to dead weight: Dead weight lossWords related to dead weightnoun an oppressive encumbranceRelated Words- burden
- encumbrance
- onus
- incumbrance
- load
noun a heavy motionless weightRelated Words |