| burden | | |
| n. (cognition) | 1. burden, encumbrance, incumbrance, load, onus | an onerous or difficult concern.; "the burden of responsibility"; "that's a load off my mind" |
| ~ headache, worry, vexation, concern | something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness.; "New York traffic is a constant concern"; "it's a major worry" |
| ~ dead weight | an oppressive encumbrance. |
| ~ fardel | a burden (figuratively in the form of a bundle). |
| ~ imposition | an uncalled-for burden.; "he listened but resented the imposition" |
| ~ pill | something unpleasant or offensive that must be tolerated or endured.; "his competitor's success was a bitter pill to take" |
| n. (artifact) | 2. burden, load, loading | weight to be borne or conveyed. |
| ~ burthen | a variant of `burden'. |
| ~ dead load | a constant load on a structure (e.g. a bridge) due to the weight of the supported structure itself. |
| ~ live load, superload | a variable load on a structure (e.g. a bridge) such as moving traffic. |
| ~ millstone | any load that is difficult to carry. |
| ~ overburden, overload | an excessive burden. |
| ~ overload | an electrical load that exceeds the available electrical power. |
| ~ weight | an artifact that is heavy. |
| n. (communication) | 3. burden, core, effect, essence, gist | the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work. |
| ~ meaning, signification, import, significance | the message that is intended or expressed or signified.; "what is the meaning of this sentence"; "the significance of a red traffic light"; "the signification of Chinese characters"; "the import of his announcement was ambiguous" |
| n. (cognition) | 4. burden | the central idea that is expanded in a document or discourse. |
| ~ idea, thought | the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about.; "it was not a good idea"; "the thought never entered my mind" |
| v. (contact) | 5. burden, burthen, weight, weight down | weight down with a load. |
| ~ overburden | load with excessive weight. |
| ~ plumb | weight with lead. |
| ~ charge | fill or load to capacity.; "charge the wagon with hay" |
| ~ saddle | load or burden; encumber.; "he saddled me with that heavy responsibility" |
| v. (communication) | 6. burden, charge, saddle | impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to.; "He charged her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend" |
| ~ overburden | burden with too much work or responsibility. |
| ~ bear down | exert a force or cause a strain upon.; "This tax bears down on the lower middle class" |
| ~ flood out, deluge, overwhelm | charge someone with too many tasks. |
| ~ command, require | make someone do something. |
| ~ adjure | command solemnly. |
Recent comments
2 weeks 2 days ago
3 weeks 5 days ago
19 weeks 13 hours ago
19 weeks 13 hours ago
19 weeks 15 hours ago
19 weeks 5 days ago
23 weeks 6 days ago
24 weeks 5 days ago
25 weeks 4 days ago
25 weeks 4 days ago