"load down" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: loads down [present, singular, third-person], loading down [participle, present], loaded down [participle, past], loaded down [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} load down (third-person singular simple present loads down, present participle loading down, simple past and past participle loaded down)
  1. (transitive) To load heavily, with a significant burden. Tags: transitive

Inflected forms

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