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to burden
01
to place a heavy load or weight on something or someone
Transitive: to burden sth with a load
Examples
The workers had to burden the truck with crates of goods for delivery to the distribution center.
02
to give someone a responsibility or task that demands a great deal of effort or causes a lot of stress
Transitive: to burden sb with a task
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
burden
3rd person singular
burdens
Present participle
burdening
Past simple
burdened
Past participle
burdened
Examples
The manager decided to burden the experienced team member with the challenging project.
Burden
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Abstract
Composition
Simple
Countable
Plural form
burdens
Examples
The financial burden of student loans weighed heavily on her after graduation.
02
physical weight or load to be carried or transported
Examples
The porter carried a heavy burden of luggage.
03
the main idea or theme of a speech, document, literary work, or discourse
Examples
The burden of the essay was to explain climate change.
Lexical Tree
burdened
disburden
overburden
burden
