Definitions for burden
ˈbɜr dnbur·den

Princeton's WordNet(4.00 / 4 votes)Rate this definition:

1. burden, load, encumbrance, incumbrance, onus(noun)

   an onerous or difficult concern

   "the burden of responsibility"; "that's a load off my mind"

2. load, loading, burden(noun)

   weight to be borne or conveyed

3. effect, essence, burden, core, gist(noun)

   the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work

4. burden(verb)

   the central idea that is expanded in a document or discourse

5. burden, burthen, weight, weight down(verb)

   weight down with a load

6. charge, saddle, burden(verb)

   impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to

   "He charged her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend"

Wiktionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. burden(Noun)

   A heavy load.

2. burden(Noun)

   A responsibility, onus.

3. burden(Noun)

   A cause of worry.

4. burden(Noun)

   A phrase or theme that recurs at the end of each verse in a folk song or ballad; the drone of a bagpipe.

5. burden(Noun)

   Theme, core idea.

6. burden(Verb)

   To encumber with a burden (in any of the noun senses of the word).

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Burden(noun)

   that which is borne or carried; a load

2. Burden(noun)

   that which is borne with labor or difficulty; that which is grievous, wearisome, or oppressive

3. Burden(noun)

   the capacity of a vessel, or the weight of cargo that she will carry; as, a ship of a hundred tons burden

4. Burden(noun)

   the tops or heads of stream-work which lie over the stream of tin

5. Burden(noun)

   the proportion of ore and flux to fuel, in the charge of a blast furnace

6. Burden(noun)

   a fixed quantity of certain commodities; as, a burden of gad steel, 120 pounds

7. Burden(noun)

   a birth

8. Burden(verb)

   to encumber with weight (literal or figurative); to lay a heavy load upon; to load

9. Burden(verb)

   to oppress with anything grievous or trying; to overload; as, to burden a nation with taxes

10. Burden(verb)

    to impose, as a load or burden; to lay or place as a burden (something heavy or objectionable)

11. Burden(noun)

    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

12. Burden(noun)

    the drone of a bagpipe

13. Burden(noun)

    a club

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Burden

   Burden is a city in Cowley County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 535.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Burden

   bur′dn, n. a load: weight: cargo: that which is grievous, oppressive, or difficult to bear, as blame, sin, sorrow, &c.: birth.—v.t. to load: to oppress: to encumber.—adjs. Bur′denous, Bur′densome, heavy: oppressive.—Burden of proof, in legal procedure, signifies the obligation to establish by evidence certain disputed facts. [A.S. byrthen—beran, to bear.]

2. Burden

   bur′dn, n. part of a song repeated at the end of every stanza, refrain: the leading idea of anything: a load of care, sorrow, or responsibility. [Fr. bourdon, a humming tone in music—Low L. burdo, a drone or non-working bee.]

3. Burden

   bur′dn, n. (Spens.) a pilgrim's staff. [See Bourdon.]

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'burden' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3693

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'burden' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4603

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'burden' in Nouns Frequency: #1388

How to pronounce burden ?

1. 

   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of burden in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of burden in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of burden in a Sentence

1. Giuseppe Conte:

   The burden should have been shared.

2. French Proverb:

   Everyone thinks his own burden heavy.

3. Tim Parkinson:

   It was really no burden at all for us.

4. Aeschylus:

   A prosperous fool is a grievous burden.

5. Ori Yogev:

   The companies went from a burden to an asset.

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