Definition of burden

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Burden (n.) That which is borne or carried; a load.

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Soc :: Soc (n.) Liberty or privilege of tenants excused from customary burdens.
Cadge :: Cadge (v. t. & i.) To carry, as a burden..
Onerate :: Onerate (v. t.) To load; to burden.
Lighten :: Lighten (v. t.) To make lighter, or less heavy; to reduce in weight; to relieve of part of a load or burden; as, to lighten a ship by unloading; to lighten a load or burden..
Llama :: Llama (n.) A South American ruminant (Auchenia llama), allied to the camels, but much smaller and without a hump. It is supposed to be a domesticated variety of the guanaco. It was formerly much used as a beast of burden in the Andes..
Accloy :: Accloy (v. t.) To fill to satiety; to stuff full; to clog; to overload; to burden. See Cloy.
Discharge :: Discharge (v. t.) To put forth, or remove, as a charge or burden; to take out, as that with which anything is loaded or filled; as, to discharge a cargo..
Chargeable :: Chargeable (a.) Serving to create expense; costly; burdensome.
Load :: Load (v. t.) To lay a load or burden on or in, as on a horse or in a cart; to charge with a load, as a gun; to furnish with a lading or cargo, as a ship; hence, to add weight to, so as to oppress or embarrass; to heap upon..
Caravel :: Caravel (n.) A Portuguese vessel of 100 or 150 tons burden.
Unpack :: Unpack (v. t.) To relieve of a pack or burden.
Cart :: Cart (v. i.) To carry burdens in a cart; to follow the business of a carter.
Cumbrous :: Cumbrous (a.) Rendering action or motion difficult or toilsome; serving to obstruct or hinder; burdensome; clogging.
Disencumbrance :: Disencumbrance (n.) Freedom or deliverance from encumbrance, or anything burdensome or troublesome..
Privilege :: Privilege (n.) A peculiar benefit, advantage, or favor; a right or immunity not enjoyed by others or by all; special enjoyment of a good, or exemption from an evil or burden; a prerogative; advantage; franchise..
Charge :: Charge (v. t.) To lay on or impose, as a load, tax, or burden; to load; to fill..
Faburden :: Faburden (n.) A succession of chords of the sixth.
Surcharge :: Surcharge (n.) An overcharge; an excessive load or burden; a load greater than can well be borne.
Unload :: Unload (v. t.) To discharge or remove, as a load or a burden; as, to unload the cargo of a vessel..
Rider :: Rider (n.) An addition or amendment to a manuscript or other document, which is attached on a separate piece of paper; in legislative practice, an additional clause annexed to a bill while in course of passage; something extra or burdensome that is imposed..
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