Definition of burden

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Burden (n.) The drone of a bagpipe.

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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..
Unload :: Unload (v. t.) To take the load from; to discharge of a load or cargo; to disburden; as, to unload a ship; to unload a beast..
Disencumbrance :: Disencumbrance (n.) Freedom or deliverance from encumbrance, or anything burdensome or troublesome..
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..
Faburden :: Faburden (n.) A monotonous refrain.
Chargeant :: Chargeant (a.) Burdensome; troublesome.
Porterage :: Porterage (n.) Money charged or paid for the carriage of burdens or parcels by a porter.
Surcharge :: Surcharge (n.) An overcharge; an excessive load or burden; a load greater than can well be borne.
Overlade :: Overlade (v. t.) To load with too great a cargo; to overburden; to overload.
Unburden :: Unburden (v. t.) To relieve from a burden.
Unfraught :: Unfraught (a.) Not fraught; not burdened.
Burdened :: Burdened (imp. & p. p.) of Burde.
Levigate :: Levigate (a.) Made less harsh or burdensome; alleviated.
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..
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.
Taskmaster :: Taskmaster (n.) One who imposes a task, or burdens another with labor; one whose duty is to assign tasks; an overseer..
Overburden :: Overburden (v. t.) To load with too great weight or too much care, etc..
Pack :: Pack (n.) A number or quantity equal to the contents of a pack; hence, a multitude; a burden..
Lighten :: Lighten (v. t.) To make less burdensome or afflictive; to alleviate; as, to lighten the cares of life or the burden of grief..
Burden :: Burden (n.) The drone of a bagpipe.
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