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1. (n.) burden
that which is carried; load.
2. burden
that which is borne with difficulty; onus:
the burden of leadership.
3. burden
the weight of a ship's cargo.
4. burden
the carrying capacity of a ship.
5. (v.t.) burden
to load heavily.
6. burden
to load oppressively; trouble.
7. (n.) burden
an often repeated main point, message, or idea.
8. burden
a musical refrain; chorus.
Etymology: (1275–1325; ME bordoun, burdoun < OF bourdon droning sound, instrument making such a sound)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) burden, load, encumbrance, incumbrance, onus
an onerous or difficult concern
"the burden of responsibility"; "that's a load off my mind"
2. (noun) load, loading, burden
weight to be borne or conveyed
3. (noun) effect, essence, burden, core, gist
the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
4. (verb) burden
the central idea that is expanded in a document or discourse
5. (verb) burden, burthen, weight, weight down
weight down with a load
6. (verb) charge, saddle, burden
impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to
"He charged her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend"
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1. (noun) burden
an unpleasant responsibility
elderly people who feel they are a burden to their families
2. burden
a heavy load
***He walked slowly up the hill with his burden.
3. (verb) burden
to cause difficulty for sb
expensive vacations that had burdened him with debt
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) burden
that which is borne or carried; a load
2. (noun) burden
that which is borne with labor or difficulty; that which is grievous, wearisome, or oppressive
3. (noun) burden
the capacity of a vessel, or the weight of cargo that she will carry; as, a ship of a hundred tons burden
4. (noun) burden
the tops or heads of stream-work which lie over the stream of tin
5. (noun) burden
the proportion of ore and flux to fuel, in the charge of a blast furnace
6. (noun) burden
a fixed quantity of certain commodities; as, a burden of gad steel, 120 pounds
7. (noun) burden
a birth
8. (noun) burden
the verse repeated in a song, or the return of the theme at the end of each stanza; the chorus; refrain. Hence: That which is often repeated or which is dwelt upon; the main topic; as, the burden of a prayer
9. (noun) burden
the drone of a bagpipe
10. (noun) burden
a club
11. (verb) burden
to encumber with weight (literal or figurative); to lay a heavy load upon; to load
12. (verb) burden
to oppress with anything grievous or trying; to overload; as, to burden a nation with taxes
13. (verb) burden
to impose, as a load or burden; to lay or place as a burden (something heavy or objectionable)
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Sense: something to be carried
He carried a heavy burden up the hill; The ox is sometimes a beast of burden (= an animal that carries things).
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 Afrikaans: las, vrag |
 Arabic: حِمْلٌ |
 Bulgarian: товар |
 Brazilian: fardo |
 Czech: břemeno |
 German: die Last |
 Danish: byrde |
 Greek: φορτίο |
 Spanish: carga |
 Estonian: kandam |
 Farsi: بار؛ محموله |
 Finnish: taakka |
 French: fardeau |
 Hebrew: מַשָׂא |
 Hindi: बोझ |
 Croatian: teret |
 Hungarian: teher |
 Indonesian: beban |
 Icelandic: byrði |
 Italian: carico, soma |
 Japanese: 荷 |
 Korean: 짐 |
 Lithuanian: našta |
 Latvian: nastu nesējs dzīvnieks |
 Malay: beban |
 Dutch: last, vracht |
 Norwegian: bør, byrde, last |
 Polish: ciężar |
 Persian: بار؛ محموله |
 Pashto: بار |
 Portuguese: fardo |
 Romanian: povară |
 Russian: ноша, тяжесть |
 Slovak: bremeno |
 Slovenian: tovor |
 Serbian: teret |
 Swedish: börda, last |
 Thai: สิ่งที่ต้องแบกขึ้นเขา |
 Turkish: yük |
 Taiwanese: 擔子 |
 Ukrainian: вага; ноша |
 Urdu: بوجھ، وزن ، بار |
 Vietnamese: gánh nặng |
 Chinese: 担子 |
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