full of; bearing great weight; "trees heavy with fruit"; "vines weighed down with grapes"
heavily burdened with work or cares; "bowed down with troubles"; "found himself loaded down with responsibilities"; "overburdened social workers"; "weighed down with cares"
If something that you are wearing or carrying weighs you down, it stops you moving easily by making you heavier. He took off his shoes. If they had to swim, he didn't want anything weighing him down These nests increase in size each year, and can eventually weigh down the branch