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What's The Definition Of Burden?
[n] weight to be borne or conveyed
[n] an onerous or difficult concern; "the burden of responsibility"; "that's a load off my mind" [n] the central idea that is expanded in a document or discourse [n] the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work [v] impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to; "He charged her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend" [v] weight down with a load Synonyms | Synonyms for Burden: burthen | charge | core | effect | encumbrance | essence | gist | incumbrance | load | load | loading | onus | saddle | weight | weight down Related Terms | Find terms related to Burden: accommodation | add | adjoin | affix | afflict | affliction | agglutinate | agitate | albatross | allegiance | amount | anacrusis | annex | antistrophe | append | arraignability | arraignableness | assigned task | attach | bag | bale | bane | barrel | basis | bass | bass passage | bear down on | bear hard upon | bis | bitter cup | bitter draft | bitter draught | bitter pill | blameworthiness | bloody hands | 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tristich | trouble | truckload | try one | tutti | tutti passage | undersong | unite with | upset | upshot | vanload | variation | verse | vexation | visitation | voce | voce di petto | voce di testa | voice | volume | waters of bitterness | wear out | weary | weigh | weigh down | weigh heavy on | weigh on | weigh upon | weight | weight down | weight down with | white elephant | woe | work | yoke with See Also | adjure | bear down | burthen | charge | command | compel | concern | dead load | dead weight | deluge | fardel | flood out | headache | idea | import | imposition | live load | meaning | millstone | overburden | overburden | overburden | overload | overwhelm | plumb | require | saddle | significance | signification | superload | thought | vexation | weight | worry Burden In Webster's Dictionary \Bur"den\ (b[^u]"d'n), n. [Written also burthen.] [OE.
burden, burthen, birthen, birden, AS. byr[eth]en; akin to
Icel. byr[eth]i, Dan. byrde, Sw. b["o]rda, G. b["u]rde, OHG.
burdi, Goth. ba['u]r[thorn]ei, fr. the root of E. bear, AS.
beran, Goth. bairan. [root]92. See 1st {Bear}.]
1. That which is borne or carried; a load.
Plants with goodly burden bowing. --Shak.
2. That which is borne with labor or difficulty; that which
is grievous, wearisome, or oppressive.
Deaf, giddy, helpless, left alone, To all my friends
a burden grown. --Swift.
3. The capacity of a vessel, or the weight of cargo that she
will carry; as, a ship of a hundred tons burden.
4. (Mining) The tops or heads of stream-work which lie over
the stream of tin.
5. (Metal.) The proportion of ore and flux to fuel, in the
charge of a blast furnace. --Raymond.
6. A fixed quantity of certain commodities; as, a burden of
gad steel, 120 pounds.
7. A birth. [Obs. & R.] --Shak.
{Beast of burden}, an animal employed in carrying burdens.
{Burden of proof} [L. onus probandi] (Law), 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.
Syn: {Burden}, {Load}.
Usage: A burden is, in the literal sense, a weight to be
borne; a load is something laid upon us to be carried.
Hence, when used figuratively, there is usually a
difference between the two words. Our burdens may be
of such a nature that we feel bound to bear them
cheerfully or without complaint. They may arise from
the nature of our situation; they may be allotments of
Providence; they may be the consequences of our
errors. What is upon us, as a load, we commonly carry
with greater reluctance or sense of oppression. Men
often find the charge of their own families to be a
burden; but if to this be added a load of care for
others, the pressure is usually serve and irksome.
\Bur"den\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Burdened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Burdening}.] 1. To encumber with weight (literal or figurative); to lay a heavy load upon; to load. I mean not that other men be eased, and ye burdened. --2 Cor. viii. 13. 2. To oppress with anything grievous or trying; to overload; as, to burden a nation with taxes. My burdened heart would break. --Shak. 3. To impose, as a load or burden; to lay or place as a burden (something heavy or objectionable). [R.] It is absurd to burden this act on Cromwell. --Coleridge. Syn: To load; encumber; overload; oppress. \Bur"den\ (b[^u]r"d'n), n. [OE. burdoun the bass in music, F. bourdon; cf. LL. burdo drone, a long organ pipe, a staff, a mule. Prob. of imitative origin. Cf. {Bourdon}.] 1. 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; as, the burden of a prayer. I would sing my song without a burden. --Shak. 2. The drone of a bagpipe. --Ruddiman. \Bur"den\, n. [See {Burdon}.] A club. [Obs.] --Spenser. |
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