Translate burden | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of burden
noun
1a load, especially a heavy one. a duty or misfortune that causes hardship, anxiety, or grief; a nuisance:the burden of mental illness the main responsibility for achieving a specified aim or task:the burden of establishing that the cost was unreasonable a ship’s carrying capacity; tonnage:the schooner Wyoming, of about 6,000 tons burden
2 (
the burden)
the main theme or gist of a speech, book, or argument:the burden of his views the refrain or chorus of a song.
verb
[with object] load heavily:she walked forward burdened with a wooden box cause (someone) hardship or distress:they were not yet burdened with adult responsibility
