noun. Something that is carried.

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noun. Something that is emotionally difficult to bear.

noun. A source of great worry or stress; weight.

noun. A responsibility or duty.

noun. A principal or recurring idea; a theme.

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noun. A drone, as of a bagpipe or pedal point.

noun. The chorus or refrain of a composition.

noun. The bass accompaniment to a song.

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noun. The amount of cargo that a vessel can carry.

noun. The weight of the cargo carried by a vessel at one time.

noun. The amount of a disease-causing entity present in an organism.

transitive verb. To cause difficulty or distress to; distress or oppress.

transitive verb. To load or overload.

To load; lay a heavy load on; encumber with weight.

Hence Figuratively, to load; oppress with anything which is borne with difficulty or trouble; surcharge: as, to burden a nation with taxes; to burden the memory with details.

To lay or impose upon one, as a load, burden, or charge.

noun. The act of bearing children; a birth.

noun. A club.

noun. That which is borne or carried; a load.

noun. Hence That which is borne with labor or difficulty; that which is grievous, wearisome, or oppressive; also, an incumbrance of any kind.

noun. In England, a quantity of certain commodities: as, a burden of gad-steel (that is, 120 or 180 pounds).

noun. The capacity of a ship; the quantity or number of tons of freight a vessel will carry: as, a ship of 600 tons burden.

noun. In mining, the tops or heads of stream-work, overlying the stream of tin, and needing to be first cleansed.

noun. The charge of a blast-furnace.

noun. The bass in music.

noun. In music: The refrain or recurring chorus at the end of the stanzas of a ballad or song; a refrain.

noun. The drone of a bagpipe. The song to which a dance is danced when there are no instruments.

noun. That which is often repeated; a subject on which one dwells; the main topic: as, this subject was the burden of all his talk.

noun. A club.

noun. That which is borne or carried; a load.

noun. That which is borne with labor or difficulty; that which is grievous, wearisome, or oppressive.

noun. The capacity of a vessel, or the weight of cargo that she will carry.

noun. The tops or heads of stream-work which lie over the stream of tin.

noun. The proportion of ore and flux to fuel, in the charge of a blast furnace.

noun. A fixed quantity of certain commodities.

noun. A birth.

noun. an animal employed in carrying burdens.

noun. the duty of proving a particular position in a court of law, a failure in the performance of which duty calls for judgment against the party on whom the duty is imposed.

noun. 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.

noun. The drone of a bagpipe.

transitive verb. To encumber with weight (literal or figurative); to lay a heavy load upon; to load.

transitive verb. To oppress with anything grievous or trying; to overload.

transitive verb. To impose, as a load or burden; to lay or place as a burden (something heavy or objectionable).

noun. A club (weapon).

noun. A heavy load.

noun. A responsibility, onus.

noun. A cause of worry.

burden of proof  capacity  charged  oppress  to bear a burden  

beast of burden  burdensome  

idea  import  meaning  significance  signification  

Verdun  burdon  overburden  unburden  

advantage  amount  consequence  danger  difficulty  

Spenserian stanza  accommodation  add  adjoin  affix  

burdened  burdening  burdens