What does weigh down mean?we found 2 entries for the meaning of weigh down
 

50 Moby Thesaurus words for "weigh down": 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, impede, involve, lame, lead, lie on, lime, load, lumber, net, oppress, overburden, overload, press, press down, sadden, saddle with, sandbag, shackle, snarl, tangle, toil, trammel, try one, weigh heavy on, weigh on, weigh upon, weight, weight down

Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
 

 

weigh down

verb

1: be oppressive or disheartening to [syn: weigh on] [ant: lighten]
2: exert a force with a heavy weight; "The snow bore down on the roof" [syn: drag down, bear down, bear down on, press down on]

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

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