Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of burden is as below...

Tax :: Tax (n.) To subject to the payment of a tax or taxes; to impose a tax upon; to lay a burden upon; especially, to exact money from for the support of government..

Colstaff :: Colstaff (n.) A staff by means of which a burden is borne by two persons on their shoulders.

Tax :: Tax (n.) A disagreeable or burdensome duty or charge; as, a heavy tax on time or health..

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..

Ketch :: Ketch (n.) An almost obsolete form of vessel, with a mainmast and a mizzenmast, -- usually from one hundred to two hundred and fifty tons burden..

Lighten :: Lighten (v. t.) To make less burdensome or afflictive; to alleviate; as, to lighten the cares of life or the burden of grief..

Burdened :: Burdened (imp. & p. p.) of Burde.

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..

Relieve :: Relieve (v. t.) To free, wholly or partly, from any burden, trial, evil, distress, or the like; to give ease, comfort, or consolation to; to give aid, help, or succor to; to support, strengthen, or deliver; as, to relieve a besieged town..

Unlade :: Unlade (v. t.) To unload; to remove, or to have removed, as a load or a burden; to discharge..

Chargeous :: Chargeous (a.) Burdensome.

Load :: Load (v.) That which burdens, oppresses, or grieves the mind or spirits; as, a load of care..

Discharge :: Discharge (v. t.) To relieve of a charge, load, or burden; to empty of a load or cargo; to unburden; to unload; as, to discharge a vessel..

Refrain :: Refrain (v.) The burden of a song; a phrase or verse which recurs at the end of each of the separate stanzas or divisions of a poetic composition.

Oppress :: Oppress (v. t.) To impose excessive burdens upon; to overload; hence, to treat with unjust rigor or with cruelty..

Crush :: Crush (v. t.) To oppress or burden grievously.

Porterage :: Porterage (n.) Money charged or paid for the carriage of burdens or parcels by a porter.

Dray :: Dray (n.) A strong low cart or carriage used for heavy burdens.

Task :: Task (v. t.) To oppress with severe or excessive burdens; to tax.

Atlas :: Atlas (n.) One who sustains a great burden.

Random Fonts

Most Popular