Definition of burden

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Burden (n.) The capacity of a vessel, or the weight of cargo that she will carry; as, a ship of a hundred tons burden..

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Release :: Release (n.) Relief from care, pain, or any burden..
Tonnage :: Tonnage (n.) The cubical content or burden of a vessel, or vessels, in tons; or, the amount of weight which one or several vessels may carry. See Ton, n. (b)..
Wheel :: Wheel (n.) The burden or refrain of a song.
Cumbrous :: Cumbrous (a.) Rendering action or motion difficult or toilsome; serving to obstruct or hinder; burdensome; clogging.
Tax :: Tax (n.) A charge, especially a pecuniary burden which is imposed by authority..
Lumber :: Lumber (v. i.) To move heavily, as if burdened..
Fardel :: Fardel (n.) A bundle or little pack; hence, a burden..
Load :: Load (v.) A burden; that which is laid on or put in anything for conveyance; that which is borne or sustained; a weight; as, a heavy load..
Disencumber :: Disencumber (v. t.) To free from encumbrance, or from anything which clogs, impedes, or obstructs; to disburden..
Taskmaster :: Taskmaster (n.) One who imposes a task, or burdens another with labor; one whose duty is to assign tasks; an overseer..
Weight :: Weight (v. t.) Hence, pressure; burden; as, the weight of care or business..
Heavy :: Heavy (superl.) Laden with that which is weighty; encumbered; burdened; bowed down, either with an actual burden, or with care, grief, pain, disappointment..
Ton :: Ton (n.) Forty cubic feet of space, being the unit of measurement of the burden, or carrying capacity, of a vessel; as a vessel of 300 tons burden..
Pack :: Pack (n.) A number or quantity equal to the contents of a pack; hence, a multitude; a burden..
Burden :: Burden (v. t.) To encumber with weight (literal or figurative); to lay a heavy load upon; to load.
Loose :: Loose (a.) To release from anything obligatory or burdensome; to disengage; hence, to absolve; to remit..
Unload :: Unload (v. t.) To discharge or remove, as a load or a burden; as, to unload the cargo of a vessel..
Wase :: Wase (n.) A bundle of straw, or other material, to relieve the pressure of burdens carried upon the head..
Exemption :: Exemption (n.) The act of exempting; the state of being exempt; freedom from any charge, burden, evil, etc., to which others are subject; immunity; privilege; as, exemption of certain articles from seizure; exemption from military service; exemption from anxiety, suffering, etc..
Unincumbered :: Unincumbered (a.) Not incumbered; not burdened.
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