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load down en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To load heavily, with a significant burden.
    • The big and little inmates of the Edgewater Orphanage will receive a visit from St. Claus tonight, when members of the Townsmen Society of Norfolk, loaded down with toys and useful presents, will visit the institution to put on their annual Christmas party. 1936 December 22, “Orphans Given Party Tonight: Members of Townsmen Society to Be Accompanied by Santa, with Pack”, in Norfolk Virginian-Pilot, volume CXLIII, number 83, Norfolk, Va., →OCLC, page 9, column 6:

Forms

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loaded down Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
loaded down Tense=Past lexicographic
loads down Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
loading down Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic