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11weigh down something — weigh down (something) to slow the operation or growth of an organization. The company was weighed down with debt. Health care costs weigh the economy down …
12weigh down — Synonyms and related words: ballast, bear hard upon, burden, cramp, cripple, cumber, embarrass, encumber, enmesh, ensnarl, entangle, entoil, entrammel, entrap, entwine, fetter, go hard with, go ill with, hamper, hamstring, handicap, hobble,… …
13weigh 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,… …
14weigh down — 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… …
15weigh down — 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… …
16weigh down — transitive verb Date: 14th century 1. to cause to bend down ; overburden 2. oppress, depress …
17weigh down — v. burden; oppress a person; exert force with heavy weight, press down …
18weigh down — my fishing gear weighed me down Syn: burden, saddle, overload, overburden, encumber, hamper, handicap …
19To weigh down — Weigh Weigh, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Weighed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Weighing}.] [OE. weien, weyen, weghen, AS. wegan to bear, move; akin to D. wegen to weigh, G. w[ a]gen, wiegen, to weigh, bewegen to move, OHG. wegan, Icel. vega to move, carry, lift,… …
20To weigh down — Weigh Weigh, v. i. 1. To have weight; to be heavy. They only weigh the heavier. Cowper. [1913 Webster] 2. To be considered as important; to have weight in the intellectual balance. [1913 Webster] Your vows to her and me . . . will even weigh.… …
