burdens

noun

1
A heavy load.
2
A responsibility, onus.
3
A cause of worry; that which is grievous, wearisome, or oppressive.
4
The capacity of a vessel, or the weight of cargo that she will carry.
“a ship of a hundred tons burden”
5
The tops or heads of stream-work which lie over the stream of tin.
6
The proportion of ore and flux to fuel, in the charge of a blast furnace.
7
A fixed quantity of certain commodities.
“A burden of gad steel is 120 pounds.”
8
A birth.
9
The total amount of toxins, parasites, cancer cells, plaque or similar present in an organism.

1
To encumber with a literal or figurative burden.
“to burden a nation with taxes”
2
To impose, as a load or burden; to lay or place as a burden (something heavy or objectionable).

1
A phrase or theme that recurs at the end of each verse in a folk song or ballad.
2
The drone of a bagpipe.
3
Theme, core idea.
“the burden of the argument”

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