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carrying weight

carrying weight is the present participle and gerund of carry weight.

Meaning of carry weight

Verb

carry weight (third-person singular simple present carries weight, present participle carrying weight, simple past and past participle carried weight)

  1. To be handicapped by an extra burden, as when one rides or runs.
  2. To have influence.
    • Your excuses don't carry weight with me.

Questions about carrying weight

What is carrying weight the present participle and gerund of?
Carrying weight is the present participle and gerund of carry weight.

Words near carrying weight in the dictionary

  1. carrying through
  2. carrying up
  3. carrying violation
  4. carrying violations
  5. carrying water for
  6. carrying weight
  7. carrying-on
  8. carrying-pole
  9. carrying-poles
  10. carryings
  11. carryings-on

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