groan with/under (the weight of) sth
humorousto carry a very large quantity of something:
The tables were positively groaning with food.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Physical supports and supporting
- backbone
- bearing
- bolster
- bookend
- buoy
- burden
- buttress
- cantilever
- groan
- pile
- rafter
- runner
- scaffold
- scaffolding
- shore
- shore sth up
- skid
- stanchion
- stem
- stilt
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