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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

• WEIGHT DOWN (verb)

Sense 1

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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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