Definition of burden

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Burden (n.) The drone of a bagpipe.

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Unfraught :: Unfraught (a.) Not fraught; not burdened.
Burden :: Burden (n.) The capacity of a vessel, or the weight of cargo that she will carry; as, a ship of a hundred tons burden..
Cumber :: Cumber (v. t.) To rest upon as a troublesome or useless weight or load; to be burdensome or oppressive to; to hinder or embarrass in attaining an object, to obstruct or occupy uselessly; to embarrass; to trouble..
Heavy :: Heavy (superl.) Laden with that which is weighty; encumbered; burdened; bowed down, either with an actual burden, or with care, grief, pain, disappointment..
Fardel :: Fardel (n.) A bundle or little pack; hence, a burden..
Carry :: Carry (v. t.) To bear the charges or burden of holding or having, as stocks, merchandise, etc., from one time to another; as, a merchant is carrying a large stock; a farm carries a mortgage; a broker carries stock for a customer; to carry a life insurance..
Discharge :: Discharge (v. i.) To throw off or deliver a load, charge, or burden; to unload; to emit or give vent to fluid or other contents; as, the water pipe discharges freely..
Beneath :: Beneath (prep.) Under, in relation to something that is superior, or that oppresses or burdens..
Exonerative :: Exonerative (a.) Freeing from a burden or obligation; tending to exonerate.
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..
Inoppressive :: Inoppressive (a.) Not oppressive or burdensome.
Cadge :: Cadge (v. t. & i.) To carry, as a burden..
Unburden :: Unburden (v. t.) To throw off, as a burden; to unload..
Wase :: Wase (n.) A bundle of straw, or other material, to relieve the pressure of burdens carried upon the head..
Wheel :: Wheel (n.) The burden or refrain of a song.
Empty :: Empty (superl.) Having nothing to carry; unburdened.
Faburden :: Faburden (n.) A species of counterpoint with a drone bass.
Acquit :: Acquit (v. t.) To set free, release or discharge from an obligation, duty, liability, burden, or from an accusation or charge; -- now followed by of before the charge, formerly by from; as, the jury acquitted the prisoner; we acquit a man of evil intentions..
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..
Careworn :: Careworn (a.) Worn or burdened with care; as, careworn look or face..
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