Overview of noun burden

The noun burden has 4 senses

• burden, load, encumbrance, incumbrance, onus -- (an onerous or difficult concern; "the burden of responsibility"; "that's a load off my mind")


• load, loading, burden -- (weight to be borne or conveyed)


• effect, essence, burden, core, gist -- (the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work)


• burden -- (the central idea that is expanded in a document or discourse)

Overview of verb burden

The verb burden has 2 senses

• burden, burthen, weight, weight down -- (weight down with a load)


• charge, saddle, burden -- (impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to; "He charged her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend")