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Meaning of burden

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  burden
      n 1: an onerous or difficult concern; "the burden of
           responsibility"; "that's a load off my mind" [syn:
           {burden}, {load}, {encumbrance}, {incumbrance}, {onus}]
      2: weight to be borne or conveyed [syn: {load}, {loading},
         {burden}]
      3: the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
         [syn: {effect}, {essence}, {burden}, {core}, {gist}]
      4: the central idea that is expanded in a document or discourse
      v 1: weight down with a load [syn: {burden}, {burthen},
           {weight}, {weight down}] [ant: {disburden}, {unburden}]
      2: impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to; "He charged
         her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend" [syn:
         {charge}, {saddle}, {burden}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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