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- verb To act as a
ballast for. - verb idiomatic To be too much for someone to cope with.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb exert a force with a heavy weight
- verb be oppressive or disheartening to
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