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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Troublesome :: Troublesome (a.) Giving trouble or anxiety; vexatious; burdensome; wearisome.
Insupportable :: Insupportable (a.) Incapable of being supported or borne; unendurable; insufferable; intolerable; as, insupportable burdens; insupportable pain..
Caravel :: Caravel (n.) A Portuguese vessel of 100 or 150 tons burden.
Load :: Load (v.) That which burdens, oppresses, or grieves the mind or spirits; as, a load of care..
Wheel :: Wheel (n.) The burden or refrain of a song.
Surcharge :: Surcharge (n.) An overcharge; an excessive load or burden; a load greater than can well be borne.
Tax :: Tax (n.) To subject to the payment of a tax or taxes; to impose a tax upon; to lay a burden upon; especially, to exact money from for the support of government..
Overcharge :: Overcharge (n.) An excessive load or burden.
Shift :: Shift (v. t.) To change the place of; to move or remove from one place to another; as, to shift a burden from one shoulder to another; to shift the blame..
Colstaff :: Colstaff (n.) A staff by means of which a burden is borne by two persons on their shoulders.
Cumbersome :: Cumbersome (a.) Burdensome or hindering, as a weight or drag; embarrassing; vexatious; cumbrous..
Dray :: Dray (n.) A strong low cart or carriage used for heavy burdens.
Fading :: Fading (n.) An Irish dance; also, the burden of a song..
Burden :: Burden (n.) That which is borne with labor or difficulty; that which is grievous, wearisome, or oppressive..
Care :: Care (n.) A burdensome sense of responsibility; trouble caused by onerous duties; anxiety; concern; solicitude.
Charge :: Charge (v. t.) Whatever constitutes a burden on property, as rents, taxes, lines, etc.; costs; expense incurred; -- usually in the plural..
Burden :: Burden (n.) A club.
Burthen :: Burthen (n. & v. t.) See Burden.
Ballet :: Ballet (n.) A light part song, or madrigal, with a fa la burden or chorus, -- most common with the Elizabethan madrigal composers..
Onerate :: Onerate (v. t.) To load; to burden.
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