Definition:
- (n.) That which is borne or carried; a load.
- (n.) That which is borne with labor or difficulty; that which is grievous, wearisome, or oppressive.
- (n.) The capacity of a vessel, or the weight of cargo that she will carry; as, a ship of a hundred tons burden.
- (n.) The tops or heads of stream-work which lie over the stream of tin.
- (n.) The proportion of ore and flux to fuel, in the charge of a blast furnace.
- (n.) A fixed quantity of certain commodities; as, a burden of gad steel, 120 pounds.
- (n.) A birth.
- (v. t.) To encumber with weight (literal or figurative); to lay a heavy load upon; to load.
- (v. t.) To oppress with anything grievous or trying; to overload; as, to burden a nation with taxes.
- (v. t.) To impose, as a load or burden; to lay or place as a burden (something heavy or objectionable).
- (n.) The verse repeated in a song, or the return of the theme at the end of each stanza; the chorus; refrain. Hence: That which is often repeated or which is dwelt upon; the main topic; as, the burden of a prayer.
- (n.) The drone of a bagpipe.
- (n.) A club.
Compare burden with other words:
burden vs. hurden
burden vs. burdon
burden vs. channel
burden vs. guilt
burden vs. commitment
burden vs. leaden
burden vs. burdening
burden vs. burdener
burden vs. overlade
burden vs. exonerative
burden vs. overword
burden vs. parbuckle
burden vs. wase
burden vs. paperbound
burden vs. onerate
burden vs. strain
affliction vs. burden
burden vs. hard
burden vs. duty
burden vs. problem
burden vs. vicissitude
burden vs. incumbrance
burden vs. overcharge
burden vs. disburden
burden vs. imposition
burden vs. fading
burden vs. surcharge
burden vs. sumpter
burden vs. fardel
burden vs. tote
burden vs. cargo
bourdon vs. burden
burden vs. unencumber
burden vs. unlade
burden vs. weighing
burden vs. disencumber
burden vs. lighten
burden vs. fraught
burden vs. encumbrance
ballet vs. burden
burden vs. saddle
burden vs. refrain
burden vs. unburden
burden vs. holding
burden vs. harass
burden vs. task
burden vs. lade
albatross vs. burden
burden vs. yoke
burden vs. cog
burden vs. charge
acquit vs. burden
burden vs. pack
burden vs. incubus
burden vs. leer
burden vs. squeeze
burden vs. purge
burden vs. core
burden vs. idea
burden vs. featly
bagpipe vs. burden
burden vs. drone
ballad vs. burden
burden vs. verse
burden vs. burdensome
burden vs. theme
burden vs. phrase
burden vs. encumber
burden vs. worry
burden vs. onus
burden vs. responsibility
burden vs. load
burden vs. burthen
burden vs. mollify
burden vs. weight
burden vs. catch
burden vs. last
burden vs. crush