📖 Definitions of "Burden"
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"
verb
- 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).
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