Burden

  • 11burden — ► NOUN 1) a heavy load. 2) a cause of hardship, worry, or grief. 3) the main responsibility for a task. 4) the main theme of a speech, book, or argument. 5) a ship s carrying capacity. ► VERB 1) load heavily …

    English terms dictionary

  • 12Bürden — Bürden, verb. reg. act. zu tragen auflegen, welches aber außer der im gemeinen Leben üblichen figürlichen Redensart einem etwas auf den Hals bürden, wenig gebraucht wird. Das zusammen gesetzte aufbürden ist bekannter. Giburdinot kommt schon bey… …

    Grammatisch-kritisches Wörterbuch der Hochdeutschen Mundart

  • 13burden — [n] mental weight; stress accountability, affliction, albatross*, anxiety, ball and chain*, blame, care, charge, clog, concern, deadweight, difficulty, duty, encumbrance, excess baggage*, grievance, hardship, Herculean task, hindrance, load,… …

    New thesaurus

  • 14Burden — Bur den, n. [See {Burdon}.] A club. [Obs.] Spenser. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 15burden — burden. См. генетический груз. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …

    Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

  • 16burden — noun 1 responsibility/worry ADJECTIVE ▪ enormous, great, heavy, huge, onerous, significant, substantial, terrible, tremendous ▪ …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 17burden — Capacity for carrying cargo. Something that is carried. Something oppressive or worrisome. A burden, as on interstate commerce, means anything that imposes either a restrictive or onerous load upon such commerce @ burden of going forward The onus …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 18burden — Capacity for carrying cargo. Something that is carried. Something oppressive or worrisome. A burden, as on interstate commerce, means anything that imposes either a restrictive or onerous load upon such commerce @ burden of going forward The onus …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 19burden — I n. 1) to bear, carry, shoulder a burden 2) to impose, place a burden on smb. 3) to alleviate, lighten, relieve a burden 4) to share a burden 5) to distribute a burden equitably 6) a crushing, heavy, onerous burden 7) a financial; tax burden 8)… …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 20burden — I UK [ˈbɜː(r)d(ə)n] / US [ˈbɜrd(ə)n] noun [countable] Word forms burden : singular burden plural burdens ** 1) a) [usually singular] a serious or difficult responsibility that you have to deal with Unemployment places a heavy burden on the… …

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