burden

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Etymology

From Old English byrþen.

Pronunciation

Noun

burden (plural burdens)

  1. (obsolete) Theme, core idea.
  2. A heavy load.
  3. A responsibility, onus.
  4. A cause of worry.

Verb

to burden (third-person singular simple present burdens, present participle burdening, simple past and past participle burdened)

  1. (transitive) To encumber with a burden (in any of the noun senses of the word).

Translations

encumber
  • Bulgarian: натоварвам bg(bg), обременявам bg(bg)
  • Dutch: bezwaren nl(nl)
  • Finnish: kuormata fi(fi)
  • German: belasten de(de)
  • Korean: 짐을 지우다 (jim-eul jiuda)
  • Russian: обременять (obr'em'en'át') (impf.), обременить (obr'em'enít') (pf.); отягощать (ot'agoš'át') (impf.), отяготить (ot'agotít') (pf.)

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