burden

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural

burdens

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

present (v1)

burden

past (v2)

burdened

past participle (v3)

burdened

present participle

burdening

3rd person singular

burdens

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

1. 1.A heavy load.

   • There were four or five men in the vault already, and I could hear more coming down the passage, and guessed from their heavy footsteps that they were carrying burdens.

2. 2.A responsibility, onus.

3. 3.A cause of worry; that which is grievous, wearisome, or oppressive.

4. 4.The capacity of a vessel, or the weight of cargo that she will carry.

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

1. 1.To encumber with a burden.

   • My burdened heart would break.

2. 2.To impose, as a load or burden; to lay or place as a burden (something heavy or objectionable).

   • He was beginning to forget his burdening, despairing mood of a short while ago.

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