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weigh down
weigh 1 W0064300 (wā)v. weighed, weigh·ing, weighs v.tr.1. a. To determine the weight of, as with a scale: weighed the tomatoes before buying them.b. To measure or apportion (a certain quantity) by weight. Often used with out: weighed out a pound of cheese.2. a. To balance in the mind in order to make a choice; ponder or evaluate: weighed the alternatives and decided to stay.b. To choose carefully or deliberately: weigh one's words.3. Nautical To raise (anchor).v.intr.1. To be of a specific weight: The dog weighs nearly 50 pounds.2. To have consequence or importance: The decision weighed heavily against us.3. a. To cause to bend heavily by added weight. Used with on or upon: a coating of ice that weighed on the slender branches.b. To be burdensome or oppressive. Used with on or upon: These concerns have been weighing on us for weeks.4. Nautical To raise anchor.Phrasal Verbs: weigh down1. To cause to bend down with added weight: vines that were weighed down with grapes.2. To give great worry or difficulty to; burden: The responsibilities of the new job weighed him down. weigh in1. Sports To be weighed at a weigh-in.2. To have one's baggage weighed, as at an airport.3. To be of a specified weight: The new book weighs in at 7 pounds.4. Slang To join in a discussion; utter a remark: She weighed in with some pertinent facts.
[Middle English weien, from Old English wegan; see wegh- in Indo-European roots.]
weigh′a·ble adj.weigh′er n.
weigh 2 W0064300 (wā)n. Nautical Way. Used in the phrase under weigh.
[Variant (influenced by weigh, as in weigh anchor) of way.]weigh down vb (adverb) to press (a person) down by or as if by weight: his troubles weighed him down. Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | weigh down - be oppressive or disheartening toweigh onsadden - make unhappy; "The news of her death saddened me"lighten, lighten up, buoy up - make more cheerful; "the conversation lightened me up a bit" | | 2. |  weigh down - exert a force with a heavy weight; "The snow bore down on the roof"bear down, drag down, press down on, bear down onpress - exert pressure or force to or upon; "He pressed down on the boards"; "press your thumb on this spot" |
weighverb1. To be of significance or importance:count, import, matter, signify.2. To think or think about carefully and at length:chew on (or over), cogitate, consider, contemplate, deliberate, entertain, excogitate, meditate, mull, muse, ponder, reflect, revolve, ruminate, study, think, think out, think over, think through, turn over.Idioms: cudgel one's brains, put on one's thinking cap, rack one's brain.phrasal verb
weigh downTo make sad or gloomy:deject, depress, dispirit, oppress, sadden.phrasal verb
weigh on or upon
To come to mind continually:haunt, obsess, torment, trouble.Translationsweigh down
weigh down1. To burden or immobilize something by attaching additional weight or placing it on top. A noun or pronoun can be used between "weigh" and "down." You should weigh down those papers with a paperweight so they don't fly out the window. Your car definitely won't get good gas mileage if you have all that heavy equipment in the trunk weighing it down.2. By extension, to be a burden or impediment to. A noun or pronoun can be used between "weigh" and "down." It feels good to finally get that off my chest. I've felt like I've been weighed down by guilt all these years. All the extra orders have been weighing us down a bit, but hopefully we'll be able to get back to normal operations after the holidays.See also: down, weighweigh someone or something downto burden someone or something. The heavy burden weighed the poor donkey down. The load of bricks weighed down the truck.See also: down, weighweigh someone downFig. [for a thought] to worry or depress someone. All these problems really weigh me down. Financial problems have been weighing down our entire family.See also: down, weighweigh downBurden, oppress, as in Their problems have weighed them down. This expression transfers bowing under a physical weight to emotional burdens. [c. 1600] See also: down, weighweigh downv.1. To hold or bend something down by applying weight: I weighed the trail map down on the ground with stones. The vines were weighed down by their heavy grapes.2. To burden or oppress someone or something: Heavy backpacks weighed down the hikers. The responsibilities of the new job weighed me down.See also: down, weighweigh down
Synonyms for weigh downverb be oppressive or disheartening toSynonymsRelated WordsAntonymsverb exert a force with a heavy weightSynonyms- bear down
- drag down
- press down on
- bear down on
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