BURDEN
/ˈbɜːdn/ ► audio Scrabble 9 Words With Friends 12
Definition
- verb weight down with a load.
— synonyms: burthen, weight, weight_down
- verb impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to.
— synonyms: charge, saddle
- noun an onerous or difficult concern.
— synonyms: load, encumbrance, incumbrance, onus
- noun weight to be borne or conveyed.
— synonyms: load, loading
- noun the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work.
— synonyms: effect, essence, core, gist
- noun the central idea that is expanded in a document or discourse.
Examples
- “a ship of a hundred tons burden”
- “A burden of gad steel is 120 pounds.”
- “to burden a nation with taxes”
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