weigh down
weigh down · weighs down · weighed down · weighing down
To act as a ballast forTo act as a ballast for.
» They were weighed down like packhorses.
Sie waren beladen wie Packesel.
Meaning
2 senses(transitive)To act as a ballast for.
We used some sandbags to weigh down the balloon.
(idiomatic, transitive)To be too much for someone to cope with.
All the news of murder and famine is weighing me down.
More definitions
- be oppressive or disheartening to
- exert a force with a heavy weight
Examples
13 sentencesThey were weighed down like packhorses.
deSie waren beladen wie Packesel. — raggione
The fruit weighed the branches down.
deDie Äste bogen sich unter der Last der Früchte. — Yorwba
His wife was weighed down with various worries.
I just don't want to weigh anyone down.
I'm feeling really weighed down by it all.
Translations
3 languagesForms
weighs down, weighing down, weighed down, weighed down| Base form | weigh down · to weigh down |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | weighs down |
| Present participle | weighing down |
| Past simple | weighed down |
| Past participle | weighed down |
irregular
Phrasal verbs
7 phrasal verbs- weigh upTo assess a person or a situation.
- weigh offTo sentence (a prisoner).
- weigh outTo divide (something) into portions by weight.
- weigh onTo cause distress to or impose a burden on; to trouble.
- weigh inTo undergo a weigh-in.
- weigh downTo act as a ballast for.
- weigh againstTo be disadvantageous to someone.
Synonyms
5 synonymsClose in meaning
- be oppressive or disheartening to:weigh on
- exert a force with a heavy weight:drag downbear downbear down onpress down on
Antonyms
1 antonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb