Definition of burden

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Burden (n.) The drone of a bagpipe.

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Disencumber :: Disencumber (v. t.) To free from encumbrance, or from anything which clogs, impedes, or obstructs; to disburden..
Onerous :: Onerous (a.) Burdensome; oppressive.
Dildo :: Dildo (n.) A burden in popular songs.
Cumbersome :: Cumbersome (a.) Burdensome or hindering, as a weight or drag; embarrassing; vexatious; cumbrous..
Chargeous :: Chargeous (a.) Burdensome.
Thrack :: Thrack (v. t.) To load or burden; as, to thrack a man with property..
Undersong :: Undersong (n.) The burden of a song; the chorus; the refrain.
Tonnage :: Tonnage (n.) The cubical content or burden of a vessel, or vessels, in tons; or, the amount of weight which one or several vessels may carry. See Ton, n. (b)..
Squeeze :: Squeeze (v. t.) Fig.: To oppress with hardships, burdens, or taxes; to harass; to crush..
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..
Heavy :: Heavy (superl.) Laden with that which is weighty; encumbered; burdened; bowed down, either with an actual burden, or with care, grief, pain, disappointment..
Oppress :: Oppress (v. t.) To impose excessive burdens upon; to overload; hence, to treat with unjust rigor or with cruelty..
Disburden :: Disburden (v. i.) To relieve one's self of a burden; to ease the mind.
Overburden :: Overburden (n.) The waste which overlies good stone in a quarry.
Discharge :: Discharge (v. t.) To relieve of a charge, load, or burden; to empty of a load or cargo; to unburden; to unload; as, to discharge a vessel..
Sink :: Sink (v. i.) To be overwhelmed or depressed; to fall slowly, as so the ground, from weakness or from an overburden; to fail in strength; to decline; to decay; to decrease..
Oppressor :: Oppressor (n.) One who oppresses; one who imposes unjust burdens on others; one who harasses others with unjust laws or unreasonable severity.
Burden :: Burden (n.) The tops or heads of stream-work which lie over the stream of tin.
Burthen :: Burthen (n. & v. t.) See Burden.
Incumbrance :: Incumbrance (n.) A burdensome and troublesome load; anything that impedes motion or action, or renders it difficult or laborious; clog; impediment; hindrance; check..
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