Definition of Burden
Noun: burden bur-d(u)n
- An onerous or difficult concern
"the burden of responsibility";
- load, encumbrance, incumbrance, onus
- Weight to be borne or conveyed
- load, loading
- The central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
- effect, essence, core, gist
- The central idea that is expanded in a document or discourse
- Add a heavy load; increase the weight of a load
- burthen, weight, weight down
- Impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to
"He burdened her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend";
- charge, saddle
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