Definition of burden

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Burden (n.) A fixed quantity of certain commodities; as, a burden of gad steel, 120 pounds..

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Levigate :: Levigate (a.) Made less harsh or burdensome; alleviated.
Onerous :: Onerous (a.) Burdensome; oppressive.
Pesterous :: Pesterous (a.) Inclined to pester. Also, vexatious; encumbering; burdensome..
Exonerative :: Exonerative (a.) Freeing from a burden or obligation; tending to exonerate.
Accloy :: Accloy (v. t.) To fill to satiety; to stuff full; to clog; to overload; to burden. See Cloy.
Onus :: Onus (n.) A burden; an obligation.
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..
Overburden :: Overburden (n.) The waste which overlies good stone in a quarry.
Burden :: Burden (n.) The proportion of ore and flux to fuel, in the charge of a blast furnace..
Dildo :: Dildo (n.) A burden in popular songs.
Discharge :: Discharge (v. i.) To throw off or deliver a load, charge, or burden; to unload; to emit or give vent to fluid or other contents; as, the water pipe discharges freely..
Unload :: Unload (v. t.) To take the load from; to discharge of a load or cargo; to disburden; as, to unload a ship; to unload a beast..
Caravel :: Caravel (n.) A Portuguese vessel of 100 or 150 tons burden.
Sumption :: Sumpter (a.) Carrying pack or burdens on the back; as, a sumpter horse; a sumpter mule..
Unload :: Unload (v. t.) To discharge or remove, as a load or a burden; as, to unload the cargo of a vessel..
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..
Crush :: Crush (v. t.) To oppress or burden grievously.
Faburden :: Faburden (n.) A monotonous refrain.
Overburdensome :: Overburdensome (a.) Too burdensome.
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..
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