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to burden
01
to place a heavy load or weight on something or someone
02
to give someone a responsibility or task that demands a great deal of effort or causes a lot of stress
Burden
01
a responsibility or task that causes hardship, stress, etc.
02
weight to be borne or conveyed
03
the central idea that is expanded in a document or discourse
04
the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
Example
The workers had to burden the truck with crates of goods for delivery to the distribution center.
The maintenance crew had to burden the elevator with tools and equipment for repairs on the upper floors.
The farmers had to burden the tractor with sacks of potatoes to transport to the storage facility.
As the ship docked, the crew began to burden the cargo hold with containers filled with various products.
Farmers often have to burden their trucks with harvested crops to transport them to market.
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