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List of meaning for burden

a heavy load

burden, load, encumbrance, incumbrance, onus(noun)

an onerous or difficult concern

"the burden of responsibility"; "that's a load off my mind"

load, loading, burden(noun)

weight to be borne or conveyed

effect, essence, burden, core, gist(noun)

the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work

burden(verb)

the central idea that is expanded in a document or discourse

burden, burthen, weight, weight down(verb)

weight down with a load

charge, saddle, burden(verb)

impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to

"He charged her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend"

a mass or quantity of something taken up and carried, conveyed, or transported

the early settlers often used horses to carry their burdens

something one must do because of prior agreement

the burden of homework prevented the youngster from joining his friends at the game

a part of a song or hymn that is repeated every so often

had some trouble coming up with a burden for the song

to place a weight or burden on

burdened the dog with a little backpack

to make sad

refuses to let everyday problems burden her

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