Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - weigh down
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Weigh down
weigh down
If something that you are wearing or carrying weighs you down, it stops you moving easily by making you heavier. He took off his shoes. If they had to swim, he didn’t want anything weighing him down... These nests increase in size each year, and can eventually weigh down the branch. PHRASAL VERB: V n P, V P n (not pron)
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transitive verb Date: 14th century 1. to cause to bend down ; overburden 2. oppress, depress ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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also weight down 1. To make heavy; cause to go down or bend with weight; overload. * /The evergreens are weighed down by the deep snow./ - Often used with "with" or "by". * /There are so many children in the back seat that they are weighing down the back of the car./ 2a. To overload with care or worry; make sad or low in spirits. - Usually used in the passive. * /The family is weighed down by sorrow./ * /The company is weighed down by debt./ 2b. To make heavy, hard, or slow; make dull or uninteresting. - Often in the passive used with "by" or "with". * /The book is weighted down with footnotes./ * /The TV program is weighed down by commercials./ ...Английский словарь американских идиом
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