BURDEN
\bˈɜːdən], \bˈɜːdən], \b_ˈɜː_d_ə_n]\
Definitions of BURDEN
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The refrain of a song.
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That which is borne or carried; a load.
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That which is borne with labor or difficulty; that which is grievous, wearisome, or oppressive.
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The tops or heads of stream-work which lie over the stream of tin.
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The proportion of ore and flux to fuel, in the charge of a blast furnace.
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A fixed quantity of certain commodities; as, a burden of gad steel, 120 pounds.
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A birth.
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To encumber with weight (literal or figurative); to lay a heavy load upon; to load.
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To oppress with anything grievous or trying; to overload; as, to burden a nation with taxes.
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To impose, as a load or burden; to lay or place as a burden (something heavy or objectionable).
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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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The drone of a bagpipe.
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A club.
By Oddity Software
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The refrain of a song.
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That which is borne or carried; a load.
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That which is borne with labor or difficulty; that which is grievous, wearisome, or oppressive.
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The tops or heads of stream-work which lie over the stream of tin.
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The proportion of ore and flux to fuel, in the charge of a blast furnace.
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A fixed quantity of certain commodities; as, a burden of gad steel, 120 pounds.
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A birth.
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To encumber with weight (literal or figurative); to lay a heavy load upon; to load.
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To oppress with anything grievous or trying; to overload; as, to burden a nation with taxes.
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To impose, as a load or burden; to lay or place as a burden (something heavy or objectionable).
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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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The drone of a bagpipe.
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A club.
By Noah Webster.
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The refrain of a song.
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To load; oppress.
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To load or overload.
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Something heavy to bear; a load.
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The carrying capacity of a vessel.
By James Champlin Fernald
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That which is borne or carried; a load; something grievous, wearisome, or oppressive; a chorus or refrain; a topic of conversation; the gist of a matter.
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To load; to lay a weight upon; to put too much upon; hence, to oppress. Also, burthen.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A load: weight: cargo: that which is grievous, oppressive, or difficult to bear.
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To load: to oppress: to encumber.
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Part of a song repeated at the end of every stanza, refrain.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Something borne or carried; a load; anything that is grievous, wearisome, or oppressive to bear; quantity that a ship will carry; cargo.
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The verse repeated in a song at the end of each verse: the chorus; that which is often repeated, or on which one dwells.
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To load; to encumber; to oppress. See Bear.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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Sometimes written burthen, something carried; a load; something grievous or oppressive; the prevailing sentiment in a song; the chorus; a ship's capacity for carrying.
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To lay on a load; to oppress.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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n. [Anglo-Saxon] That which is borne or carried;—any thing grievous, wearisome, or oppressive;—a fixed quantity; load; weight; freight;—the capacity of a ship to hold goods;—cargo.
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n. [French] The verse repeated in a song; refrain; the main topic or theme.
