Definition of burden

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Burden (n.) That which is borne or carried; a load.

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Exonerative :: Exonerative (a.) Freeing from a burden or obligation; tending to exonerate.
Cumbersome :: Cumbersome (a.) Burdensome or hindering, as a weight or drag; embarrassing; vexatious; cumbrous..
Important :: Important (v. t.) Full of, or burdened by, import; charged with great interests; restless; anxious..
Burden :: Burden (v. t.) To oppress with anything grievous or trying; to overload; as, to burden a nation with taxes..
Unfraught :: Unfraught (a.) Not fraught; not burdened.
Discharge :: Discharge (v. t.) The act of discharging; the act of relieving of a charge or load; removal of a load or burden; unloading; as, the discharge of a ship; discharge of a cargo..
Overburden :: Overburden (n.) The waste which overlies good stone in a quarry.
Llama :: Llama (n.) A South American ruminant (Auchenia llama), allied to the camels, but much smaller and without a hump. It is supposed to be a domesticated variety of the guanaco. It was formerly much used as a beast of burden in the Andes..
Unburden :: Unburden (v. t.) To throw off, as a burden; to unload..
Load :: Load (v. t.) To lay a load or burden on or in, as on a horse or in a cart; to charge with a load, as a gun; to furnish with a lading or cargo, as a ship; hence, to add weight to, so as to oppress or embarrass; to heap upon..
Relieve :: Relieve (v. t.) To release from a post, station, or duty; to put another in place of, or to take the place of, in the bearing of any burden, or discharge of any duty..
Fading :: Fading (n.) An Irish dance; also, the burden of a song..
Incumbrance :: Incumbrance (n.) A burdensome and troublesome load; anything that impedes motion or action, or renders it difficult or laborious; clog; impediment; hindrance; check..
Shoulder :: Shoulder (n.) The flesh and muscles connected with the shoulder joint; the upper part of the back; that part of the human frame on which it is most easy to carry a heavy burden; -- often used in the plural.
Dray :: Dray (n.) A strong low cart or carriage used for heavy burdens.
Discharge :: Discharge (v. t.) To put forth, or remove, as a charge or burden; to take out, as that with which anything is loaded or filled; as, to discharge a cargo..
Warrandice :: Warrandice (n.) The obligation by which a person, conveying a subject or a right, is bound to uphold that subject or right against every claim, challenge, or burden arising from circumstances prior to the conveyance; warranty..
Cadge :: Cadge (v. t. & i.) To carry, as a burden..
Bear :: Bear (v. i.) To suffer, as in carrying a burden..
Surcharge :: Surcharge (n.) An overcharge; an excessive load or burden; a load greater than can well be borne.
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