weight
noun
the amount or quantity of heaviness or mass; amount a thing weighs.
is weighting
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present progressiveof weight (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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The widow weighed one hundred and sixty pounds, net—which is weighting a horse in a race rather more than the law allows.
From The Best American Humorous Short Stories by Edgar Allan Poe
Even now, as I am writing here in the studio, the burden lies heavily upon your girl's shoulders and is weighting your girl's heart.
From The Common Law by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers
