Definition of burden

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Burden (n.) The drone of a bagpipe.

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Clog :: Clog (v. t.) To burden; to trammel; to embarrass; to perplex.
Burden :: Burden (n.) The tops or heads of stream-work which lie over the stream of tin.
Tax :: Tax (n.) A disagreeable or burdensome duty or charge; as, a heavy tax on time or health..
Burdening :: Burdening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Burde.
Chargeable :: Chargeable (a.) Serving to create expense; costly; burdensome.
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..
Cumber :: Cumber (v. t.) To rest upon as a troublesome or useless weight or load; to be burdensome or oppressive to; to hinder or embarrass in attaining an object, to obstruct or occupy uselessly; to embarrass; to trouble..
Incumbency :: Incumbency (n.) That which is physically incumbent; that which lies as a burden; a weight.
Tax :: Tax (n.) A charge or burden laid upon persons or property for the support of a government.
Troublesome :: Troublesome (a.) Giving trouble or anxiety; vexatious; burdensome; wearisome.
Porter :: Porter (n.) A carrier; one who carries or conveys burdens, luggage, etc.; for hire..
Caravel :: Caravel (n.) A Portuguese vessel of 100 or 150 tons burden.
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..
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..
Relieve :: Relieve (v. t.) To free, wholly or partly, from any burden, trial, evil, distress, or the like; to give ease, comfort, or consolation to; to give aid, help, or succor to; to support, strengthen, or deliver; as, to relieve a besieged town..
Incumbrance :: Incumbrance (n.) A burdensome and troublesome load; anything that impedes motion or action, or renders it difficult or laborious; clog; impediment; hindrance; check..
Overburdensome :: Overburdensome (a.) Too burdensome.
Equalize :: Equalize (v. t.) To make equal; to cause to correspond, or be like, in amount or degree as compared; as, to equalize accounts, burdens, or taxes..
Gestant :: Gestant (a.) Bearing within; laden; burdened; pregnant.
Carry :: Carry (v. t.) To bear the charges or burden of holding or having, as stocks, merchandise, etc., from one time to another; as, a merchant is carrying a large stock; a farm carries a mortgage; a broker carries stock for a customer; to carry a life insurance..
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