load down

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Definition
  1. Verb:
    • To burden someone or something with a heavy or excessive amount of objects, responsibilities, or tasks. It implies adding weight or pressure, often to the point of making movement or function difficult.
Usage
  • The verb "load down" is a transitive phrasal verb. It requires a direct object (the person or thing being burdened) and is often followed by "with" to introduce the source of the burden.
  • Structure: .
Examples
  • Verb:
    • Before the hike, they loaded us down with heavy backpacks and supplies.
    • The manager loaded the team down with extra paperwork just before the holiday.
    • Don't load the table down with too many books; the legs are weak.
Advanced Usage
  • Figurative Use: Often used metaphorically to describe overwhelming someone with non-physical burdens.
    • She was loaded down with guilt after the argument.
    • The new policy loads down small businesses with complex regulations.
Variants and Related Words
  • Load (verb): To put a load on or in (a vehicle, container, etc.). This is the base verb without the emphatic "down."
    • We need to load the truck before we leave.
  • Loaded down (adjective phrase): Describing the state of being burdened.
    • The donkey, loaded down with firewood, moved slowly.
Synonyms
  • Weigh down: To burden or make heavy.
  • Burden: To load or overload.
  • Encumber: To impede or hamper with a burden.
Related Phrasal Verbs
  • Load up: To put a large quantity of something into a vehicle or container. This focuses more on the action of filling rather than the resulting burden.
    • We need to load up the car for the road trip.
Related Idioms
  • Have enough on one's plate: To have many problems or tasks to deal with. This is a near-synonymous idiom for being figuratively "loaded down."
    • I can't take on another project; I have enough on my plate already.
Verb
  1. load with a pack

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