burden
Definitions of burden
n. - That which is borne or carried; a load.
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n. - That which is borne with labor or difficulty; that which is grievous, wearisome, or oppressive.
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n. - 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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n. - The tops or heads of stream-work which lie over the stream of tin.
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n. - The proportion of ore and flux to fuel, in the charge of a blast furnace.
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n. - A fixed quantity of certain commodities; as, a burden of gad steel, 120 pounds.
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n. - A birth.
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v. t. - To encumber with weight (literal or figurative); to lay a heavy load upon; to load.
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v. t. - To oppress with anything grievous or trying; to overload; as, to burden a nation with taxes.
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v. t. - To impose, as a load or burden; to lay or place as a burden (something heavy or objectionable).
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n. - 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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n. - The drone of a bagpipe.
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n. - A club.
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The word "burden" uses 6 letters: B D E N R U.
Direct anagrams of burden:
burned unbred
Words formed by adding one letter before or after burden (in bold), or to bdenru in any order:
l - blunder bundler o - bounder rebound unrobed s - burdens
Shorter words found within burden:
be bed bedu ben bend bred bren bud bun bund bur burd burn de deb den drub dub due dun dune dure durn ed en end er ern ne neb nerd nu nub nude nuder nurd re reb red redub rend rub rube rude rue rued run rune un unbe unde under urb urd urn
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