burden
Definitions
- A heavy load
- A surname.
- A heavy load.
- A phrase or theme that recurs at the end of each verse in a folk song or ballad.
- A responsibility, onus
- A minor city in Cowley County, Kansas, United States.
- A responsibility, onus.
- The drone of a bagpipe.
- A cause of worry; that which is grievous, wearisome, or oppressive
- A village in Erpeldange commune, Luxembourg (French spelling).
- A cause of worry; that which is grievous, wearisome, or oppressive.
- Theme, core idea.
- The capacity of a vessel, or the weight of cargo that she will carry
- 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 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.
- The distance between rows of blastholes parallel to the major free face (i.e. face of the excavation)
Equivalents
Examples
“I know⟳ that this was Life,—the track Whereon with equal feet we fared; And then, as now, the day prepared The daily burden for the back.”
“There were four or five men in the vault already, and I could hear⟳ more coming down the passage, and guessed from their heavy footsteps that they were carrying burdens.”
“c. 1710-1730, Jonathan Swift, The Dean's Complaint Translated and Answered Deaf, giddy, helpless, left alone, / To all my friends a burden grown.”
“a ship of a hundred tons burden”
“"[…] The quay is upwards of 1,000 feet in length, and capable of accommodating more than 100 sail⟳ of traders; and there are generally a considerable number⟳ of vessels of from 40 to 300 tons burden, from various parts of the world, waiting to receive⟳ their cargoes."”
“A burden of gad steel is 120 pounds.”
“… that bore thee at a burden two fair sons.”
“Foot it featly here and there; / And, sweet sprites, the burden bear⟳.”
“As commonly used, the refrain, or burden, not only is limited to lyric verse, but depends for its impression upon the force⟳ of monotone - both in sound⟳ and thought.”
“BURDEN in some musical instruments, the Drone or Bass, and the pipe or string that plays it”
“the burden of the argument”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
See also
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