Definition of burden

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Burden (n.) The verse repeated in a song, or the return of the theme at the end of each stanza; the chorus; refrain. Hence: That which is often repeated or which is dwelt upon; the main topic; as, the burden of a prayer..

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Unfraught :: Unfraught (a.) Not fraught; not burdened.
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..
Burden :: Burden (n.) A birth.
Wheel :: Wheel (n.) The burden or refrain of a song.
Taskmaster :: Taskmaster (n.) One who imposes a task, or burdens another with labor; one whose duty is to assign tasks; an overseer..
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 fixed quantity of certain commodities; as, a burden of gad steel, 120 pounds..
Colstaff :: Colstaff (n.) A staff by means of which a burden is borne by two persons on their shoulders.
Burdenous :: Burdenous (a.) Burdensome.
Bear :: Bear (v. i.) To suffer, as in carrying a burden..
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.
Dray :: Dray (n.) A strong low cart or carriage used for heavy burdens.
Strain :: Strain (n.) Any sustained note or movement; a song; a distinct portion of an ode or other poem; also, the pervading note, or burden, of a song, poem, oration, book, etc.; theme; motive; manner; style; also, a course of action or conduct; as, he spoke in a noble strain; there was a strain of woe in his story; a strain of trickery appears in his career..
Exonerate :: Exonerate (v. t.) To unload; to disburden; to discharge.
Incurrence :: Incurrence (n.) The act of incurring, bringing on, or subjecting one's self to (something troublesome or burdensome); as, the incurrence of guilt, debt, responsibility, etc..
Gestant :: Gestant (a.) Bearing within; laden; burdened; pregnant.
Relieve :: Relieve (v. t.) To ease of any imposition, burden, wrong, or oppression, by judicial or legislative interposition, as by the removal of a grievance, by indemnification for losses, or the like; to right..
Cadge :: Cadge (v. t. & i.) To carry, as a burden..
Llama :: Llama (n.) A South American ruminant (Auchenia llama), allied to the camels, but much smaller and without a hump. It is supposed to be a domesticated variety of the guanaco. It was formerly much used as a beast of burden in the Andes..
Unburden :: Unburden (v. t.) To relieve from a burden.
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