Definition of burden

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

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Ballet :: Ballet (n.) A light part song, or madrigal, with a fa la burden or chorus, -- most common with the Elizabethan madrigal composers..
Exonerative :: Exonerative (a.) Freeing from a burden or obligation; tending to exonerate.
Unburden :: Unburden (v. t.) To throw off, as a burden; to unload..
Faburden :: Faburden (n.) A monotonous refrain.
Cumber :: Cumber (v. t.) To rest upon as a troublesome or useless weight or load; to be burdensome or oppressive to; to hinder or embarrass in attaining an object, to obstruct or occupy uselessly; to embarrass; to trouble..
Indorse :: Indorse (v. t.) To cover the back of; to load or burden.
Sit :: Sit (v. t.) To lie, rest, or bear; to press or weigh; -- with on; as, a weight or burden sits lightly upon him..
Charge :: Charge (v. t.) Whatever constitutes a burden on property, as rents, taxes, lines, etc.; costs; expense incurred; -- usually in the plural..
Incumbency :: Incumbency (n.) That which is physically incumbent; that which lies as a burden; a weight.
Task :: Task (v. t.) To oppress with severe or excessive burdens; to tax.
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..
Allege :: Allege (v. t.) To alleviate; to lighten, as a burden or a trouble..
Chargeous :: Chargeous (a.) Burdensome.
Sink :: Sink (v. i.) To be overwhelmed or depressed; to fall slowly, as so the ground, from weakness or from an overburden; to fail in strength; to decline; to decay; to decrease..
Light :: Light (v. t.) To lighten; to ease of a burden; to take off.
Burden :: Burden (n.) The drone of a bagpipe.
Discharge :: Discharge (v. t.) The act of discharging; the act of relieving of a charge or load; removal of a load or burden; unloading; as, the discharge of a ship; discharge of a cargo..
Release :: Release (n.) Relief from care, pain, or any burden..
Burden :: Burden (n.) The proportion of ore and flux to fuel, in the charge of a blast furnace..
Light :: Light (superl.) Not burdensome; easy to be lifted, borne, or carried by physical strength; as, a light burden, or load..
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