Wiktionary
vb. 1 To act as a ballast for. 2 (context idiomatic English) To be too much for someone to cope with.
WordNet
v. be oppressive or disheartening to [syn: weigh on] [ant: lighten]
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]
Usage examples of "weigh down".
I had started with my arms around his knees and I stayed that way, of necessity, as long as I could, while Star tried to weigh down one of his arms and Rufo the other.
Her armor dragged at her shoulders, and the plumes of her helm seemed to weigh down her neck, yet she lowered herself until her knees and forehead touched soil, and the feathers of a Hadama Warchief became sullied with dust.
Her armor dragged at her shoulders, and theplumes of her helm seemed to weigh down her neck, yetshe lowered herself until her knees and forehead touchedsoil, and the feathers of a Hadama Warchief became sulliedwith dust.
A heavy mass seemed to weigh down upon his spirits, as the guards hauled him down, down through the keep and into the dark of the dungeon.
Then, stooping, he picked up a stone the size of his fist, and placed it carefully on the pile, as though it might weigh down the uneasy soul of the ghost.
He thought highly of those-they were better than what the cooks turned out almost any day and did not weigh down his mess bag.