Definition of burden

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Burden (n.) The drone of a bagpipe.

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Empty :: Empty (superl.) Having nothing to carry; unburdened.
Deliver :: Deliver (v. t.) To free from, or disburden of, young; to relieve of a child in childbirth; to bring forth; -- often with of..
Light :: Light (superl.) Not burdensome; easy to be lifted, borne, or carried by physical strength; as, a light burden, or load..
Charge :: Charge (v. t.) To lay on or impose, as a load, tax, or burden; to load; to fill..
Overburden :: Overburden (v. t.) To load with too great weight or too much care, etc..
Pesterous :: Pesterous (a.) Inclined to pester. Also, vexatious; encumbering; burdensome..
Task :: Task (v. t.) To oppress with severe or excessive burdens; to tax.
Lumber :: Lumber (v. i.) To move heavily, as if burdened..
Oppress :: Oppress (v. t.) To impose excessive burdens upon; to overload; hence, to treat with unjust rigor or with cruelty..
Saddle :: Saddle (v. t.) Hence: To fix as a charge or burden upon; to load; to encumber; as, to saddle a town with the expense of bridges and highways..
Exonerative :: Exonerative (a.) Freeing from a burden or obligation; tending to exonerate.
Inoppressive :: Inoppressive (a.) Not oppressive or burdensome.
Cumbersome :: Cumbersome (a.) Burdensome or hindering, as a weight or drag; embarrassing; vexatious; cumbrous..
Tyrant :: Tyrant (n.) Specifically, a monarch, or other ruler or master, who uses power to oppress his subjects; a person who exercises unlawful authority, or lawful authority in an unlawful manner; one who by taxation, injustice, or cruel punishment, or the demand of unreasonable services, imposes burdens and hardships on those under his control, which law and humanity do not authorize, or which the purposes of government do not require; a cruel master; an oppressor..
Tax :: Tax (n.) A charge or burden laid upon persons or property for the support of a government.
Lift :: Lift (v. t.) To move in a direction opposite to that of gravitation; to raise; to elevate; to bring up from a lower place to a higher; to upheave; sometimes implying a continued support or holding in the higher place; -- said of material things; as, to lift the foot or the hand; to lift a chair or a burden..
Porter :: Porter (n.) A carrier; one who carries or conveys burdens, luggage, etc.; for hire..
Cart :: Cart (v. i.) To carry burdens in a cart; to follow the business of a carter.
Jument :: "Jument (n.) A beast; especially, a beast of burden..
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..
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