Definition of burden

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Burden (n.) The tops or heads of stream-work which lie over the stream of tin.

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Acquit :: Acquit (v. t.) To set free, release or discharge from an obligation, duty, liability, burden, or from an accusation or charge; -- now followed by of before the charge, formerly by from; as, the jury acquitted the prisoner; we acquit a man of evil intentions..
Onerary :: Onerary (a.) Fitted for, or carrying, a burden..
Bear :: Bear (v. i.) To suffer, as in carrying a burden..
Holding :: Holding (n.) The burden or chorus of a song.
Oppress :: Oppress (v. t.) To impose excessive burdens upon; to overload; hence, to treat with unjust rigor or with cruelty..
Release :: Release (n.) Relief from care, pain, or any burden..
Overcharge :: Overcharge (v. t.) To charge or load too heavily; to burden; to oppress; to cloy.
Sit :: Sit (v. t.) To lie, rest, or bear; to press or weigh; -- with on; as, a weight or burden sits lightly upon him..
Cadge :: Cadge (v. t. & i.) To carry, as a burden..
Atlas :: Atlas (n.) One who sustains a great burden.
Onerate :: Onerate (v. t.) To load; to burden.
Relieve :: Relieve (v. t.) To release from a post, station, or duty; to put another in place of, or to take the place of, in the bearing of any burden, or discharge of any duty..
Free :: Free (superl.) Exempt; clear; released; liberated; not encumbered or troubled with; as, free from pain; free from a burden; -- followed by from, or, rarely, by of..
Cumbrous :: Cumbrous (a.) Rendering action or motion difficult or toilsome; serving to obstruct or hinder; burdensome; clogging.
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..
Inoppressive :: Inoppressive (a.) Not oppressive or burdensome.
Burden :: Burden (n.) The drone of a bagpipe.
Clog :: Clog (v. t.) To burden; to trammel; to embarrass; to perplex.
Incumbency :: Incumbency (n.) That which is physically incumbent; that which lies as a burden; a weight.
Lumber :: Lumber (v. i.) To move heavily, as if burdened..
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