Definition of burden

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Burden (n.) The capacity of a vessel, or the weight of cargo that she will carry; as, a ship of a hundred tons burden..

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Cumbrous :: Cumbrous (a.) Rendering action or motion difficult or toilsome; serving to obstruct or hinder; burdensome; clogging.
Light :: Light (superl.) Not heavily burdened; not deeply laden; not sufficiently ballasted; as, the ship returned light..
Labor :: Labor (n.) To be oppressed with difficulties or disease; to do one's work under conditions which make it especially hard, wearisome; to move slowly, as against opposition, or under a burden; to be burdened; -- often with under, and formerly with of..
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..
Overcharge :: Overcharge (n.) An excessive load or burden.
Load :: Load (v.) That which burdens, oppresses, or grieves the mind or spirits; as, a load of care..
Subvention :: Subvention (n.) The act of relieving, as of a burden; support; aid; assistance; help..
Holding :: Holding (n.) The burden or chorus of a song.
Incumbency :: Incumbency (n.) That which is physically incumbent; that which lies as a burden; a weight.
Onus :: Onus (n.) A burden; an obligation.
Unburthen :: Unburthen (v. t.) To unburden; to unload.
Cart :: Cart (v. i.) To carry burdens in a cart; to follow the business of a carter.
Unpack :: Unpack (v. t.) To relieve of a pack or burden.
Onerate :: Onerate (v. t.) To load; to burden.
Atlas :: Atlas (n.) One who sustains a great burden.
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..
Relieve :: Relieve (v. t.) To free, wholly or partly, from any burden, trial, evil, distress, or the like; to give ease, comfort, or consolation to; to give aid, help, or succor to; to support, strengthen, or deliver; as, to relieve a besieged town..
Disburden :: Disburden (v. i.) To relieve one's self of a burden; to ease the mind.
Ketch :: Ketch (n.) An almost obsolete form of vessel, with a mainmast and a mizzenmast, -- usually from one hundred to two hundred and fifty tons burden..
Disburthen :: Disburthen (v. t.) To disburden; to relieve of a load.
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