dead-weight
11dead|weight ton — dead weight ton, or dead|weight ton «DEHD WAYT» a long ton (2,240 pounds) used in calculating dead weight tonnage …
12dead weight ton — dead weight ton, or dead|weight ton «DEHD WAYT» a long ton (2,240 pounds) used in calculating dead weight tonnage …
13dead weight tonnage — dead weight tonnage, or deadweight tonnage, the capacity in long tons of the cargo, crew, passengers, fuel, supplies, and spare parts of a merchant ship: »Dead weight tonnage in cargo ships almost always exceeds gross tonnage (New York Times) …
14dead-weight hallucination — A term introduced in or shortly before 1951 by the American neurologist Caro W. Lippman (1886 1954) to denote a kinaesthetic hallucination characterized by a subjective sensation of being pulled down to the ground. As noted by one of Lippman s …
15dead weight — /dɛd ˈweɪt/ (say ded wayt) noun 1. the heavy, unrelieved weight of anything inert. 2. a heavy or oppressive burden. 3. Nautical the difference in weight, displacement, etc., between a ship or other vehicle when loaded and when empty. Abbrev.: dwt …
16dead weight — noun 1. an oppressive encumbrance • Hypernyms: ↑burden, ↑load, ↑encumbrance, ↑incumbrance, ↑onus 2. a heavy motionless weight • Hypernyms: ↑weight …
17dead weight — heavy burden; weight of a railroad car without cargo …
18(a) dead weight — 1. if someone is a dead weight, they are very heavy and difficult to carry, often because they are not conscious. Tom was a dead weight and her muscles ached as she carried him upstairs. 2. something or someone who prevents other people from… …
19Dead — (d[e^]d), a. [OE. ded, dead, deed, AS. de[ a]d; akin to OS. d[=o]d, D. dood, G. todt, tot, Icel. dau[eth]r, Sw. & Dan. d[ o]d, Goth. daubs; prop. p. p. of an old verb meaning to die. See {Die}, and cf. {Death}.] 1. Deprived of life; opposed to… …
20Dead ahead — Dead Dead (d[e^]d), a. [OE. ded, dead, deed, AS. de[ a]d; akin to OS. d[=o]d, D. dood, G. todt, tot, Icel. dau[eth]r, Sw. & Dan. d[ o]d, Goth. daubs; prop. p. p. of an old verb meaning to die. See {Die}, and cf. {Death}.] 1. Deprived of life;… …
