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WEIGHT DOWN
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Weight down with a load
Synonyms:
burden; burthen; weight; weight down
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
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
