Burden

What do we mean by burden?

Something that is carried. noun

Something that is emotionally difficult to bear. noun

A source of great worry or stress; weight. noun

A responsibility or duty. noun

A principal or recurring idea; a theme. noun

A drone, as of a bagpipe or pedal point. noun

The chorus or refrain of a composition. noun

The bass accompaniment to a song. noun

The amount of cargo that a vessel can carry. noun

The weight of the cargo carried by a vessel at one time. noun

The amount of a disease-causing entity present in an organism. noun

To cause difficulty or distress to; distress or oppress. transitive verb

To load or overload. transitive verb

To load; lay a heavy load on; encumber with weight.

Hence Figuratively, to load; oppress with anything which is borne with difficulty or trouble; surcharge: as, to burden a nation with taxes; to burden the memory with details.

To lay or impose upon one, as a load, burden, or charge.

The act of bearing children; a birth. noun

A heavy load.

A responsibility, onus.

A cause of worry; that which is grievous, wearisome, or oppressive.

The capacity of a vessel, or the weight of cargo that she will carry.

The tops or heads of stream-work which lie over the stream of tin.

The proportion of ore and flux to fuel, in the charge of a blast furnace.

A fixed quantity of certain commodities.

A birth.

The total amount of toxins, parasites, cancer cells, plaque or similar present in an organism.

Words that are spelled similarly to burden:
burden, burdon, borden, buren, barden, hurden, durden, burgen, burien, burren, birden, budden, burdel.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word burden:
proof, defendant, proving, plaintiff, shoulders, taxation, rests, taxes, prove, guilt, imposed, reasonable, debt, prosecution, gdp, tax, disease, diseases, paying, doubt, costs, shifted, responsibility, exercise, paid, commerce.

Words that rhyme with burden:
overburden, verdun, unburden, verdin, burdon, werden, worden, berdan, verdon, purdon, durden, battle of verdun, virden, birden, were done, purdin, absurd in, bird in, bluebird in, blurred in, burdin, byrd in, byword in, catchword in, chadderdon, chauffeured in, concurred in, conferred in, cowherd in, crossword in, curd in, deferred in, demurred in, derden, deterred in, durdin, er done, firebird in, foreword in, furred in, gerd in, gerda in, heard done, heard in, herd in, hummingbird in, hurd in, incurred in, inferred in, interred in, jerden, keyword in, kurd in, mockingbird in, murden, nerd in, occurred in, overheard in, password in, preferred in, purred in, recurred in, referred in, slurred in, songbird in, spurred in, stirred in, third in, third un, thunderbird in, transfered in, transferred in, undeterred in, unheard in, watchword in, whirred in, word in, yer done, yerdon.

Adjectives that are often used to describe burden:
heavy, financial, great, additional, economic, whole, greater, main, intolerable, double, extra, total, entire, added, heavier, real, enormous, administrative, undue, major, terrible, full, considerable, tremendous, excess, heaviest, computational, huge, unnecessary, excessive, fiscal, greatest, precious, serious, significant, chief, overall, emotional, unbearable, global, substantial, impossible, unfair, onerous, psychological, disproportionate, grievous, severe, immense, regulatory, oppressive, light, relative, overwhelming, unreasonable, useless, ultimate, net, insupportable, subjective, awful, difficult, lighter, unequal.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective burden:
sharing, baskets, bearing, bearer, distribution, basket, rate, bearers, transfer, sanderson, account, gulley, charges, costs, cost, carriers, strap, case, application, fortune, stitch, gallery, place, patmon, light, property, yourself, thought, family, shifting, coverage, wealth, control, etal, measure, loomis, distance.

Consonant match to burden:
bidden, boudin, baden, boden, beduin, burdon, bidon, bowden, bow down, beden, biden, berdan, boyden, bowdoin, be done, bodin, buydown, burdine, bid in, beaudoin, bed in, baudoin, birden, bawden, bodden, budden, buy down, boulden, budin, beaudin, baade in, bad done, bad in, bad inn, bad on, bad un, bade in, baud in, bawd in, bayed in, bead in, bead on, bed on, beda in, bede in, bede on, bee done, bide in, bide on, bird in, bo done, bode in, booed in, boudoin, bowed in, boy done, boyd in, bud in, budd in, buddha in, buddin, bui dinh, burdin, by don, byrd in.

Words that sound like burden:
burden, burdon, birden, berdan, burton, bordom, berton, burdine, purdon, birding, bertin, boulden, brian, bryan, burdens, biden, braden, burdened, brun, brayden, broaden, bruhn, borden, budden, braydon, braeden, barden, bryden, bryon, bourdon, broden, burren, bearden, brion, breon, breeden, brunn, bidon, bordon, be done, bodden, briden, breaden, bawden, braddon, bedan, purdin, beden, brda, bedon, birdmen, burdener, purdom, purdum, hurden, brin, bren, bidden, brien, bryn, brynn, brinn, brenn, brienne, bredin, brodin, badin, bardin, bordin, brenne, bed in, bid in, beaten, baton, barton, aberdeen, batten, batton, berta, baden, beaton, berson, barone, betten, bardon, beten, barten, badon, beeton, berean, badam, bear down, berdine, betton, barun, bardeen, berain, beardown, bieten, bertran.