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weigh down (verb)

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  • weigh down — verb 1. be oppressive or disheartening to • Syn: ↑weigh on • Ant: ↑lighten • Hypernyms: ↑sadden • Verb Frames: Something s somebody …   Useful english dictionary

  • weigh down — verb a) To act as a ballast for. We used some sandbags to weigh down the balloon. b) To be too much for someone to cope with. All the news of murder and famine is weighing me down …   Wiktionary

  • weigh down — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms weigh down : present tense I/you/we/they weigh down he/she/it weighs down present participle weighing down past tense weighed down past participle weighed down 1) to make someone heavy and unable to move… …   English dictionary

  • weigh down — 1) PHRASAL VERB If something that you are wearing or carrying weighs you down, it stops you moving easily by making you heavier. [V n P] He wrenched off his sneakers. If they had to swim, he didn t want anything weighing him down... [V P n (not… …   English dictionary

  • weigh down on — phr verb Weigh down on is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑guilt …   Collocations dictionary

  • weigh down — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. push down, pull down, hold down, burden, oppress; see also depress 2 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. saddle, encumber, load. see burden III (Roget s Thesaurus II) I verb To make sad or gloomy: deject, depress, dispirit,… …   English dictionary for students

  • weigh down — transitive verb Date: 14th century 1. to cause to bend down ; overburden 2. oppress, depress …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • weigh — [ weı ] verb ** 1. ) linking verb to have a particular weight: Tell me Clare, how much do you weigh? The baby weighed 7 pounds when she was born. weigh a ton (=be very heavy): Your suitcase weighs a ton. a ) transitive to measure how heavy… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • weigh — S3 [weı] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(be a particular weight)¦ 2¦(measure weight)¦ 3¦(consider/compare)¦ 4¦(influence)¦ 5 weigh your words 6 weigh anchor Phrasal verbs  weigh somebody<=>down  weigh in  weigh on somebody …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • weigh on — verb be oppressive or disheartening to • Syn: ↑weigh down • Ant: ↑lighten (for: ↑weigh down) • Hypernyms: ↑sadden • Verb Fram …   Useful english dictionary

  • weigh — verb 1) she weighs the fruit Syn: measure the weight of, put on the scales; heft 2) he weighed 170 lbs Syn: have a weight of, tip the scales at, weigh in at 3) the situation weighed heavily on him …   Thesaurus of popular words

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