WEIGH DOWN

weigh down: translation

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 back of the car./ 2a. To overload with care or worry; make sad or low in spirits. - Usually used in the passive. * /The family is weighed down by sorrow./ * /The company is weighed down by debt./ 2b. To make heavy, hard, or slow; make dull or uninteresting. - Often in the passive used with "by" or "with". * /The book is weighted down with footnotes./ * /The TV program is weighed down by commercials./

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WEIGH DOWN

отягощать, пригибать; нагружатьугнетать, тяготить

WEIGH DOWN

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WEIGH DOWN

weigh down: translationSynonyms and related words:ballast, bear hard upon, burden, cramp, cripple, cumber, embarrass, encumber, enmesh, ensnarl, entang... смотреть

WEIGH DOWN

1) отягощать, пригибать; нагружать Syn: bow down 1), lade 2. 1), load down 1) 2) угнетать, тяготить Syn: bow down 2), load down 2)

WEIGH DOWN

а) обтяжувати; переважуватиб) перен. гнітити, обтяжувати

WEIGH DOWN

weigh down а) отягощать; перевешивать; б) угнетать, тяготить

WEIGH DOWN

v. перевешивать, угнетать, отягощать, тяготить

WEIGH DOWN ON

weigh down on: translation phr verb Weigh down on is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑guilt

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