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weight down

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Verb1.weight down - weight down with a loadweight down - weight down with a load              
burden, burthen, weight
overburden - load with excessive weight
plumb - weight with lead
charge - fill or load to capacity; "charge the wagon with hay"
saddle - load or burden; encumber; "he saddled me with that heavy responsibility"
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vt sep person (with parcels etc) → überladen; corpse → beschweren; (fig) → belasten, niederdrücken
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