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Määritelmät
Substantiivi
- Unremitting heavy weight that does not move.
- (nautical) The largest weight of cargo a ship is able to carry; i.e., the weight of a ship when fully loaded minus its weight when empty.
- (construction) A dead load.
- (figuratively) That which is useless or excess; that which slows something down.
- (rail transport) The total (unpowered) weight of a train to be propelled (or hauled) by the locomotive; another locomotive being hauled dead as part of the train is a dead weight.
Adverbi
- (of a shot in snooker or other cue sports) With just enough weight for a ball to drop into a pocket, or come to rest in a precisely determined position.
Esimerkit
- She wants to shed the dead weight of so many stacks of old clutter.
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