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WEIGHT DOWN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does weight down mean?
• WEIGHT DOWN (verb)
The verb WEIGHT DOWN has 1 sense:
1. weight down with a load
Familiarity information: WEIGHT DOWN used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Weight down with a load
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
burden; burthen; weight; weight down
Hypernyms (to "weight down" is one way to...):
charge (fill or load to capacity)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "weight down"):
overburden (load with excessive weight)
plumb (weight with lead)
saddle (load or burden; encumber)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s something with something
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