burden

bur·den ¹  (bûrdn)

n.

1. Something that is carried.

2.

a. Something that is emotionally difficult to bear.

b. A source of great worry or stress; weight: The burden of economic sacrifice rests on the workers of the plant.

3. A responsibility or duty: The burden of organizing the campaign fell to me.

4. Nautical

a. The amount of cargo that a vessel can carry.

b. The weight of the cargo carried by a vessel at one time.

tr.v. bur·dened, bur·den·ing, bur·dens

1. To weigh down; oppress.

2. To load or overload.

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[Middle English, from Old English byrthen; see bher-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

Synonyms: burden¹, affliction, cross, trial, tribulation
These nouns denote something onerous or troublesome: the burden of a guilty conscience; indebtedness that is an affliction; a temper that is her cross; a troublemaker who is a trial to the teacher; suffered many tribulations in rising from poverty. See Also Synonyms at substance.

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burden ¹

Noun

1. something that is carried; load

2. something that is difficult to bear Related adjective onerous

Verb

1. to put or impose a burden on; load

2. to weigh down; oppress [Old English byrthen]

burdensome adj

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burden ²

Noun

1. a line of words recurring at the end of each verse of a song

2. the theme of a speech, book, etc. [Old French bourdon droning sound]

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Burden a fixed quantity of a commodity; a heavy load; the chorus of a song. See also charge, load, trust.

Examples: burden of armour, 1595; of brass [debts], 1601; of corn, 1523; of despair, 1812; of gold, 1440; of rushes, 1560; of sin, 1303; of sorrows, 1374; of steel [120 lb.]; of thorns, 1449; of verse, 1598; of weeds, 1527.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	burden - an onerous or difficult concern; "the burden of responsibility"; "that's a load off my mind" encumbrance, onus, incumbrance, load 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"
	2.	burden - weight to be borne or conveyed load, loading 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
	3.	burden - the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work gist, essence, effect, core 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"
	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"
Verb	1.	burden - weight down with a load burthen, weight, weight down 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" disburden, unburden - take the burden off; remove the burden from; "unburden the donkey"
	2.	burden - impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to; "He charged her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend" saddle, charge 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, overwhelm, deluge - charge someone with too many tasks command, require - make someone do something adjure - command solemnly

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burden

noun 1. trouble, care, worry, trial, weight, responsibility, stress, strain, anxiety, sorrow, grievance, affliction, onus, albatross, millstone, encumbrance

noun 2. load, weight, cargo, freight, bale, consignment, encumbrance

verb 3. weigh down, worry, load, tax, strain, bother, overwhelm, handicap, oppress, inconvenience, overload, saddle with, encumber, trammel, incommode >> adjective onerous

Translations

burden [ˈbəːdn] n → carga

vt → cargar;

to be a burden to sb → ser una carga para algn

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burden [ˈbəːdn] n → fardeau m, charge f

vt → charger (= oppress); accabler, surcharger;

to be a burden to sb → être un fardeau pour qn

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burden [ˈbəːdn] n → Belastung f;

(load) → Last f

vt to burden sb with sth → jdn mit etw belasten;

to be a burden to sb → jdm zur Last fallen

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burden [ˈbəːdn] n → carico, fardello

vt → caricare (= oppress); opprimere;

to be a burden to sb → essere di peso a qn