ALL meanings of burden
bur·den
B b - countable noun burden If you describe a problem or a responsibility as a burden, you mean that it causes someone a lot of difficulty, worry, or hard work. 3
- countable noun burden A burden is a heavy load that is difficult to carry. 3
- verb burden If someone burdens you with something that is likely to worry you, for example a problem or a difficult decision, they tell you about it. 3
- noun burden something that is carried; load 3
- noun burden something that is exacting, oppressive, or difficult to bear 3
- noun burden the cargo capacity of a ship 3
- noun burden the weight of a ship's cargo 3
- verb burden to put or impose a burden on; load 3
- verb burden to weigh down; oppress 3
- noun burden a line of words recurring at the end of each verse of a ballad or similar song; chorus or refrain 3
- noun burden the principal or recurrent theme of a speech, book, etc 3
- noun burden anything that is carried; load 3
- noun burden anything one has to bear or put up with; heavy load, as of work, duty, responsibility, or sorrow 3
- noun burden the carrying of loads 3
- noun burden the carrying capacity of a ship 3
- verb transitive burden to put a burden on; load; weigh down; oppress 3
- noun burden a bass accompaniment in music 3
- noun burden a chorus or refrain of a song 3
- noun burden the drone of a bagpipe 3
- noun burden a repeated, central idea; theme 3
- noun burden the main point, message, or idea. 1
- noun burden Music. the refrain or recurring chorus of a song. 1
- verb with object burden to load heavily. 1
- verb with object burden to load oppressively; trouble. 1
- noun burden load 1
- noun burden weight 1
- noun burden encumbrance 1
- noun burden mental: pressure 1
- noun burden mental: responsibility 1
- transitive verb burden add pressure, worry 1
- intransitive verb burden impose sth troublesome 1
- noun burden A heavy load. 0
- noun burden A responsibility, onus. 0
- noun burden A cause of worry; that which is grievous, wearisome, or oppressive. 0
- noun burden The capacity of a vessel, or the weight of cargo that she will carry. 0
- noun burden (mining) The tops or heads of stream-work which lie over the stream of tin. 0
- noun burden (metalworking) The proportion of ore and flux to fuel, in the charge of a blast furnace. 0
- noun burden A fixed quantity of certain commodities. 0
- noun burden (Obsolete (No longer in use)) (rare) A birth. 0
- noun burden (medicine) The total amount of toxins, parasites, cancer cells, plaque or the such present in an organism. 0
- noun burden (music) A phrase or theme that recurs at the end of each verse in a folk song or ballad. 0
- noun burden The drone of a bagpipe. 0
- noun burden (Obsolete (No longer in use)) Theme, core idea. 0
- verb burden (Transitive Verb) To encumber with a burden (in any of the noun senses of the word). 0
- verb burden To impose, as a load or burden; to lay or place as a burden (something heavy or objectionable). 0