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71phantom load — n. The electricity consumed by a device when it is turned off. Example Citations: Mr. Stewart says a big source of waste is the approximately 6 per cent of the electricity used in typical homes by devices that consume power even when turned off.… …
72take a load off one's mind — If something takes a load (or weight) off someone s mind, it brings great relief because a problem has been solved. When the company closed down, finding a new job took a load off Tom s mind …
73Hold down (structural engineering) — Holdown (hold down, hold down) or tie down in structural engineering refers to the steel device or hardware that is installed at the end of a plywood shear wall. The holdowns provide uplift resistance against the overturning moment imposed on the …
74shoot down — Synonyms and related words: KO, blow to pieces, blow up, brain, bring down, burn to death, call off, cancel, charge, cock, complete, cook, cut down, cut to pieces, deal a deathblow, defeat, delete, detonate, discharge, dish, disintegrate, dispose …
75weigh down — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. push down, pull down, hold down, burden, oppress; see also depress 2 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. saddle, encumber, load. see burden III (Roget s Thesaurus II) I verb To make sad or gloomy: deject, depress, dispirit,… …
76weigh down — Synonyms and related words: ballast, bear hard upon, burden, cramp, cripple, cumber, embarrass, encumber, enmesh, ensnarl, entangle, entoil, entrammel, entrap, entwine, fetter, go hard with, go ill with, hamper, hamstring, handicap, hobble,… …
77Up-down-Loading — Up down Loa|ding [ʌp daunloudiŋ] das; s <zu engl. up »herauf«, down »hinab« u. to load »laden«> Datentransfer von einer Großrechneranlage zum Personalcomputer u. zurück (EDV) …
78boogie down (to somewhere) — in. to urry (to somewhere); to go (somewhere). □ So, why don’t you boogie down to the store and load up with bud and berries for the weekend? □ I’m gonna boogie down and see what’s going on …
79take a load off one's feet — {v. phr.} To alleviate one s fatigue by sitting down during some taxing work. * / You ve been standing there for hours, Jake, John said. Why don t you take a load off your feet? / …
80take a load off one's feet — {v. phr.} To alleviate one s fatigue by sitting down during some taxing work. * / You ve been standing there for hours, Jake, John said. Why don t you take a load off your feet? / …
