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sweights

sweights is the plural of sweight.

Meaning of sweight

Noun

sweight (plural sweights)

  1. (Northern England, Scotland, UK, dialectal) A portion or amount; the greatest amount or the greater part of anything; a multitude; a great number or quantity.
    • main sweight
  2. (Northern England, Scotland, UK, dialectal) The force of a moving object or body in motion; violence.
  3. (Scotland, UK, dialectal) A rush; an impetus; a burden, weight, or force.

Questions about sweights

What is sweights the plural of?
Sweights is the plural of sweight.

Words near sweights in the dictionary

  1. Sweezy
  2. Sweezys
  3. Sweigart
  4. Sweigarts
  5. sweight
  6. sweights
  7. swein
  8. sweinmote
  9. sweinmotes
  10. sweins
  11. sweir

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