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weighing down

weighing down is the present participle and gerund of weigh down.

Meaning of weigh down

Verb

weigh down (third-person singular simple present weighs down, present participle weighing down, simple past and past participle weighed down)

  1. (transitive) To act as a ballast for.
    • We used some sandbags to weigh down the balloon.
  2. (idiomatic, transitive) To be too much for someone to cope with.
    • All the news of murder and famine is weighing me down.

Questions about weighing down

What is weighing down the present participle and gerund of?
Weighing down is the present participle and gerund of weigh down.

Words near weighing down in the dictionary

  1. weighing anchor
  2. weighing boat
  3. weighing boats
  4. weighing bottle
  5. weighing bottles
  6. weighing down
  7. weighing funnel
  8. weighing funnels
  9. weighing in
  10. weighing in the balance
  11. weighing machine

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