Definition of burden

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Burden (v. t.) To encumber with weight (literal or figurative); to lay a heavy load upon; to load.

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Burdensome :: Burdensome (a.) Grievous to be borne; causing uneasiness or fatigue; oppressive.
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..
Drag :: Drag (v. t.) To draw along, as something burdensome; hence, to pass in pain or with difficulty..
Squeeze :: Squeeze (v. t.) Fig.: To oppress with hardships, burdens, or taxes; to harass; to crush..
Clog :: Clog (v. t.) To burden; to trammel; to embarrass; to perplex.
Gestant :: Gestant (a.) Bearing within; laden; burdened; pregnant.
Disencumber :: Disencumber (v. t.) To free from encumbrance, or from anything which clogs, impedes, or obstructs; to disburden..
Pack :: Pack (n.) A number or quantity equal to the contents of a pack; hence, a multitude; a burden..
Dray :: Dray (n.) A strong low cart or carriage used for heavy burdens.
Overburden :: Overburden (n.) The waste which overlies good stone in a quarry.
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..
Burdened :: Burdened (imp. & p. p.) of Burde.
Saddle :: Saddle (v. t.) Hence: To fix as a charge or burden upon; to load; to encumber; as, to saddle a town with the expense of bridges and highways..
Ballet :: Ballet (n.) A light part song, or madrigal, with a fa la burden or chorus, -- most common with the Elizabethan madrigal composers..
Sumpter :: Sumpter (n.) A pack; a burden.
Deonerate :: Deonerate (v. t.) To unload; to disburden.
Wheel :: Wheel (n.) The burden or refrain of a song.
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..
Burden :: Burden (n.) The tops or heads of stream-work which lie over the stream of tin.
Exonerative :: Exonerative (a.) Freeing from a burden or obligation; tending to exonerate.
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