burden
IPA: bˈɝdʌn
noun
- A heavy load.
- A responsibility, onus.
- A cause of worry; that which is grievous, wearisome, or oppressive.
- The capacity of a vessel, or the weight of cargo that she will carry.
- (mining) The tops or heads of stream-work which lie over the stream of tin.
- (metalworking) The proportion of ore and flux to fuel, in the charge of a blast furnace.
- A fixed quantity of certain commodities.
- (obsolete, rare) A birth.
- (medicine) The total amount of toxins, parasites, cancer cells, plaque or similar present in an organism.
- (music) A phrase or theme that recurs at the end of each verse in a folk song or ballad.
- The drone of a bagpipe.
- Theme, core idea.
- A surname.
- A minor city in Cowley County, Kansas, United States.
- A village in Erpeldange commune, Luxembourg (French spelling).
verb
- (transitive) To encumber with a literal or figurative burden.
- (transitive) To impose, as a load or burden; to lay or place as a burden (something heavy or objectionable).
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