n.
1.a musical composition that has been completed or enriched by someone other than the composer
2.coming to understand something clearly and distinctly
3.a sale in order to obtain money (as a sale of stock or a sale of the estate of a bankrupt person) or the money so obtained
4.the completion or enrichment of a piece of music left sparsely notated by a composer
5.making real or giving the appearance of reality
6.something that is made real or concrete
Idiom of the Day
carry the weight of the world on one's shoulders
to appear to be burdened by all the problems of the world
My aunt feels that she is working too hard and that she is carrying the weight of the world on her shoulders.