dead weight

Noun

 * 1) Unremitting heavy weight that does not move.
 * 2)  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.
 * 3)  Dead load.
 * 4)  That which is useless or excess; that which slows something down.
 * She wants to shed the dead weight of so many stacks of old clutter.
 * 1)  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.
 * 1)  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.
 * 1)  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.
 * 1)  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.
 * 1)  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.
 * 1)  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.
 * 1)  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.

Translations

 * Danish: dødvægt
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: Totgewicht
 * Indonesian: berat mati
 * Italian: peso morto
 * Japanese: 4重, デッドウェイト
 * Malay: bobot lupus
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: dødvekt, daudvekt
 * Nynorsk: dødvekt, daudvekt
 * Portuguese:
 * Serbo-Croatian:, mrtav teret
 * Spanish: peso muerto
 * Swedish:


 * Finnish:, ,
 * French: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian: peso morto
 * Polish:
 * Russian:
 * Turkish: ,
 * Vietnamese: của nợ

Adverb

 * 1)  With just enough weight for a ball to drop into a pocket, or come to rest in a precisely determined position.
 * He rolled the red in dead weight, and now he's nicely on the blue.
 * He rolled the red in dead weight, and now he's nicely on the blue.
 * He rolled the red in dead weight, and now he's nicely on the blue.
 * He rolled the red in dead weight, and now he's nicely on the blue.