burden

 
  Troponyms  (hyponyms)  of  verb  burden 
 
  2  senses  of  burden 
 
  Sense  1 
  burden,  burthen,  weight,  weight  down 
  =>  overburden 
  =>  plumb 
  =>  saddle 
 
  Sense  2 
  charge,  saddle,  burden 
  =>  overburden 
  =>  bear  down 
  =>  overwhelm,  deluge,  flood  out 
  =>  adjure 
 
  Troponyms  (hyponyms)  of  verb  burden 
 
  2  senses  of  burden 
 
  Sense  1 
  burden,  burthen,  weight,  weight  down 
  =>  overburden 
  =>  plumb 
  =>  saddle 
 
  Sense  2 
  charge,  saddle,  burden 
  =>  overburden 
  =>  bear  down 
  =>  overwhelm,  deluge,  flood  out 
  =>  adjure 
 
  Entailment  of  verb  burden 
 
 
  Synonyms/Hypernyms  (Ordered  by  Frequency)  of  verb  burden 
 
  2  senses  of  burden 
 
  Sense  1 
  burden,  burthen,  weight,  weight  down 
  =>  charge 
 
  Sense  2 
  charge,  saddle,  burden 
  =>  command,  require,  compel 
 
  Familiarity  of  verb  burden 
 
  burden  used  as  a  verb  is  rare  (polysemy  count  =  2) 
 
  Synonyms  (Grouped  by  Similarity  of  Meaning)  of  verb  burden 
 
  Sense  1 
  burden,  burthen,  weight,  weight  down 
  =>  charge 
  -------------- 
 
  Sense  2 
  charge,  saddle,  burden 
  =>  command,  require,  compel 
  -------------- 
 
  Grep  of  noun  burden 
  beast  of  burden 
  burden 
  burden  of  proof 
  burdensomeness 
  overburden 
  white  man's  burden 
 
  Overview  of  noun  burden 
 
  The  noun  burden  has  4  senses  (first  2  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (7)  burden,  load,  encumbrance,  incumbrance,  onus  --  (an  onerous  or  difficult  concern;  "the  burden  of  responsibility";  "that's  a  load  off  my  mind") 
  2.  (2)  load,  loading,  burden  --  (weight  to  be  borne  or  conveyed) 
  3.  effect,  essence,  burden,  core,  gist  --  (the  central  meaning  or  theme  of  a  speech  or  literary  work) 
  4.  burden  --  (the  central  idea  that  is  expanded  in  a  document  or  discourse) 
 
  Overview  of  verb  burden 
 
  The  verb  burden  has  2  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  burden,  burthen,  weight,  weight  down  --  (weight  down  with  a  load) 
  2.  charge,  saddle,  burden  --  (impose  a  task  upon  assign  a  responsibility  to  "He  charged  her  with  cleaning  up  all  the  files  over  the  weekend") 
 
  Grep  of  adj  burden 
  burdened 
  burdenless 
  burdensome 
 
  Overview  of  noun  burden 
 
  The  noun  burden  has  4  senses  (first  2  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (7)  burden,  load,  encumbrance,  incumbrance,  onus  --  (an  onerous  or  difficult  concern;  "the  burden  of  responsibility";  "that's  a  load  off  my  mind") 
  2.  (2)  load,  loading,  burden  --  (weight  to  be  borne  or  conveyed) 
  3.  effect,  essence,  burden,  core,  gist  --  (the  central  meaning  or  theme  of  a  speech  or  literary  work) 
  4.  burden  --  (the  central  idea  that  is  expanded  in  a  document  or  discourse) 
 
  Overview  of  verb  burden 
 
  The  verb  burden  has  2  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  burden,  burthen,  weight,  weight  down  --  (weight  down  with  a  load) 
  2.  charge,  saddle,  burden  --  (impose  a  task  upon  assign  a  responsibility  to  "He  charged  her  with  cleaning  up  all  the  files  over  the  weekend") 

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