Definition of burden

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Burden (n.) That which is borne with labor or difficulty; that which is grievous, wearisome, or oppressive..

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Chargeant :: Chargeant (a.) Burdensome; troublesome.
Chargeous :: Chargeous (a.) Burdensome.
Loading :: Loading (n.) A load; cargo; burden.
Incumbency :: Incumbency (n.) That which is physically incumbent; that which lies as a burden; a weight.
Last :: Last (n.) The burden of a ship; a cargo.
Ritornello :: Ritornello (n.) A short return or repetition; a concluding symphony to an air, often consisting of the burden of the song..
Burden :: Burden (v. t.) To impose, as a load or burden; to lay or place as a burden (something heavy or objectionable)..
Shoulder :: Shoulder (v. t.) To take upon the shoulder or shoulders; as, to shoulder a basket; hence, to assume the burden or responsibility of; as, to shoulder blame; to shoulder a debt..
Burden :: Burden (n.) The tops or heads of stream-work which lie over the stream of tin.
Relieve :: Relieve (v. t.) To raise or remove, as anything which depresses, weighs down, or crushes; to render less burdensome or afflicting; to alleviate; to abate; to mitigate; to lessen; as, to relieve pain; to relieve the wants of the poor..
Task :: Task (v. t.) To oppress with severe or excessive burdens; to tax.
Burden :: Burden (n.) The capacity of a vessel, or the weight of cargo that she will carry; as, a ship of a hundred tons burden..
Unincumbered :: Unincumbered (a.) Not incumbered; not burdened.
Clog :: Clog (v. t.) To burden; to trammel; to embarrass; to perplex.
Burthen :: Burthen (n. & v. t.) See Burden.
Burden :: Burden (n.) That which is borne with labor or difficulty; that which is grievous, wearisome, or oppressive..
Sumption :: Sumpter (a.) Carrying pack or burdens on the back; as, a sumpter horse; a sumpter mule..
Saddle :: Saddle (v. t.) Hence: To fix as a charge or burden upon; to load; to encumber; as, to saddle a town with the expense of bridges and highways..
Tax :: Tax (n.) A charge, especially a pecuniary burden which is imposed by authority..
Strain :: Strain (n.) Any sustained note or movement; a song; a distinct portion of an ode or other poem; also, the pervading note, or burden, of a song, poem, oration, book, etc.; theme; motive; manner; style; also, a course of action or conduct; as, he spoke in a noble strain; there was a strain of woe in his story; a strain of trickery appears in his career..
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