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burden definition
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")
burden definition
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