Found 3 items, similar to Burden.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: burden
beban, membebani, tanggungan
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: burden
burden
n 1: an onerous or difficult concern;
“the burden of
responsibility”;
“that's a load off my mind” [syn:
load,
encumbrance,
incumbrance,
onus]
2: weight to be borne or conveyed [syn:
load,
loading]
3: the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
[syn:
effect,
essence,
core,
gist]
4: the central idea that is expanded in a document or discourse
burden
v 1: weight down with a load [syn:
burthen,
weight,
weight down
] [ant:
unburden]
2: impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to;
“He charged
her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend” [syn:
charge,
saddle]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Burden
Burden
\Bur"den\ (b[^u]"d'n), n. [Written also burthen.] [OE.
burden, burthen, birthen, birden, AS. byr[eth]en; akin to
Icel. byr[eth]i, Dan. byrde, Sw. b["o]rda, G. b["u]rde, OHG.
burdi, Goth. ba['u]r[thorn]ei, fr. the root of E. bear, AS.
beran, Goth. bairan. [root]92. See 1st
Bear.]
1. That which is borne or carried; a load.
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Plants with goodly burden bowing. --Shak.
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2. That which is borne with labor or difficulty; that which
is grievous, wearisome, or oppressive.
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Deaf, giddy, helpless, left alone,
To all my friends a burden grown. --Swift.
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3. The capacity of a vessel, or the weight of cargo that she
will carry; as, a ship of a hundred tons burden.
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4. (Mining) The tops or heads of stream-work which lie over
the stream of tin.
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5. (Metal.) The proportion of ore and flux to fuel, in the
charge of a blast furnace. --Raymond.
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6. A fixed quantity of certain commodities; as, a burden of
gad steel, 120 pounds.
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7. A birth. [Obs. & R.] --Shak.
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Beast of burden, an animal employed in carrying burdens.
Burden of proof [L. onus probandi] (Law), the duty of
proving a particular position in a court of law, a failure
in the performance of which duty calls for judgment
against the party on whom the duty is imposed.
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Syn:
Burden,
Load.
Usage: A burden is, in the literal sense, a weight to be
borne; a load is something laid upon us to be carried.
Hence, when used figuratively, there is usually a
difference between the two words. Our burdens may be
of such a nature that we feel bound to bear them
cheerfully or without complaint. They may arise from
the nature of our situation; they may be allotments of
Providence; they may be the consequences of our
errors. What is upon us, as a load, we commonly carry
with greater reluctance or sense of oppression. Men
often find the charge of their own families to be a
burden; but if to this be added a load of care for
others, the pressure is usually serve and irksome.
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Burden
\Bur"den\ (b[^u]r"d'n), n. [OE. burdoun the bass in
music, F. bourdon; cf. LL. burdo drone, a long organ pipe, a
staff, a mule. Prob. of imitative origin. Cf.
Bourdon.]
1. The verse repeated in a song, or the return of the theme
at the end of each stanza; the chorus; refrain. Hence:
That which is often repeated or which is dwelt upon; the
main topic; as, the burden of a prayer.
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I would sing my song without a burden. --Shak.
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2. The drone of a bagpipe. --Ruddiman.
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Burden
\Bur"den\, n. [See
Burdon.]
A club. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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Burden
\Bur"den\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Burdened; p. pr. & vb.
n.
Burdening.]
1. To encumber with weight (literal or figurative); to lay a
heavy load upon; to load.
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I mean not that other men be eased, and ye burdened.
--2 Cor. viii.
13.
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2. To oppress with anything grievous or trying; to overload;
as, to burden a nation with taxes.
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My burdened heart would break. --Shak.
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3. To impose, as a load or burden; to lay or place as a
burden (something heavy or objectionable). [R.]
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It is absurd to burden this act on Cromwell.
--Coleridge.
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Syn: To load; encumber; overload; oppress.
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