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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Overcharge :: Overcharge (v. t.) To charge or load too heavily; to burden; to oppress; to cloy.
Inoppressive :: Inoppressive (a.) Not oppressive or burdensome.
Cumbrous :: Cumbrous (a.) Rendering action or motion difficult or toilsome; serving to obstruct or hinder; burdensome; clogging.
Lumber :: Lumber (v. i.) To move heavily, as if burdened..
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..
Disburden :: Disburden (v. t.) To rid of a burden; to free from a load borne or from something oppressive; to unload; to disencumber; to relieve.
Carry :: Carry (v. t.) To have or hold as a burden, while moving from place to place; to have upon or about one's person; to bear; as, to carry a wound; to carry an unborn child..
Refrain :: Refrain (v.) The burden of a song; a phrase or verse which recurs at the end of each of the separate stanzas or divisions of a poetic composition.
Lay :: Lay (v. t.) To impose, as a burden, suffering, or punishment; to assess, as a tax; as, to lay a tax on land..
Tax :: Tax (n.) A charge, especially a pecuniary burden which is imposed by authority..
Harass :: Harass (v. t.) To fatigue; to tire with repeated and exhausting efforts; esp., to weary by importunity, teasing, or fretting; to cause to endure excessive burdens or anxieties; -- sometimes followed by out..
Discharge :: Discharge (v. t.) To relieve of a charge, load, or burden; to empty of a load or cargo; to unburden; to unload; as, to discharge a vessel..
Weight :: Weight (v. t.) Hence, pressure; burden; as, the weight of care or business..
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..
Dildo :: Dildo (n.) A burden in popular songs.
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..
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..
Loading :: Loading (n.) A load; cargo; burden.
Bear :: Bear (v. i.) To suffer, as in carrying a burden..
Deonerate :: Deonerate (v. t.) To unload; to disburden.
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