Definition of burden

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

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Squeeze :: Squeeze (v. t.) Fig.: To oppress with hardships, burdens, or taxes; to harass; to crush..
Undersong :: Undersong (n.) The burden of a song; the chorus; the refrain.
Burden :: Burden (n.) That which is borne or carried; a load.
Unfraught :: Unfraught (a.) Not fraught; not burdened.
Surcharge :: Surcharge (v. t.) To overload; to overburden; to overmatch; to overcharge; as, to surcharge a beast or a ship; to surcharge a cannon..
Light :: Light (v. t.) To lighten; to ease of a burden; to take off.
Disburden :: Disburden (v. i.) To relieve one's self of a burden; to ease the mind.
Overburden :: Overburden (v. t.) To load with too great weight or too much care, etc..
Burden :: Burden (n.) A fixed quantity of certain commodities; as, a burden of gad steel, 120 pounds..
Harass :: Harass (v. t.) To fatigue; to tire with repeated and exhausting efforts; esp., to weary by importunity, teasing, or fretting; to cause to endure excessive burdens or anxieties; -- sometimes followed by out..
Burdener :: Burdener (n.) One who loads; an oppressor.
Exoneration :: Exoneration (n.) The act of disburdening, discharging, or freeing morally from a charge or imputation; also, the state of being disburdened or freed from a charge..
Holcad :: Holcad (n.) A large ship of burden, in ancient Greece..
Overlade :: Overlade (v. t.) To load with too great a cargo; to overburden; to overload.
Unfraught :: Unfraught (a.) Removed, as a burden; unloaded..
Labor :: Labor (n.) To be oppressed with difficulties or disease; to do one's work under conditions which make it especially hard, wearisome; to move slowly, as against opposition, or under a burden; to be burdened; -- often with under, and formerly with of..
Levigate :: Levigate (a.) Made less harsh or burdensome; alleviated.
Careworn :: Careworn (a.) Worn or burdened with care; as, careworn look or face..
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..
Rider :: Rider (n.) An addition or amendment to a manuscript or other document, which is attached on a separate piece of paper; in legislative practice, an additional clause annexed to a bill while in course of passage; something extra or burdensome that is imposed..
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