Definition of burden

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Burden (n.) A birth.

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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..
Light :: Light (v. t.) To lighten; to ease of a burden; to take off.
Burdenous :: Burdenous (a.) Burdensome.
Burden :: Burden (v. t.) To encumber with weight (literal or figurative); to lay a heavy load upon; to load.
Burden :: Burden (n.) The proportion of ore and flux to fuel, in the charge of a blast furnace..
Discharge :: Discharge (v. t.) To put forth, or remove, as a charge or burden; to take out, as that with which anything is loaded or filled; as, to discharge a cargo..
Charge :: Charge (v. t.) Whatever constitutes a burden on property, as rents, taxes, lines, etc.; costs; expense incurred; -- usually in the plural..
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..
Beneath :: Beneath (prep.) Under, in relation to something that is superior, or that oppresses or burdens..
Cadge :: Cadge (v. t. & i.) To carry, as a burden..
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..
Ballet :: Ballet (n.) A light part song, or madrigal, with a fa la burden or chorus, -- most common with the Elizabethan madrigal composers..
Cart :: Cart (v. i.) To carry burdens in a cart; to follow the business of a carter.
Crush :: Crush (v. t.) To oppress or burden grievously.
Colstaff :: Colstaff (n.) A staff by means of which a burden is borne by two persons on their shoulders.
Unload :: Unload (v. t.) To discharge or remove, as a load or a burden; as, to unload the cargo of a vessel..
Burdensome :: Burdensome (a.) Grievous to be borne; causing uneasiness or fatigue; oppressive.
Unpack :: Unpack (v. t.) To relieve of a pack or burden.
Light :: Light (superl.) Not heavily burdened; not deeply laden; not sufficiently ballasted; as, the ship returned light..
Tax :: Tax (n.) A disagreeable or burdensome duty or charge; as, a heavy tax on time or health..
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