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/ˈbərdn/,
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burdened, past participle; burdened, past tense; burdens, 3rd person singular present; burdening, present participle;
  1. Load heavily
    • - she walked forward burdened with a wooden box
  2. Cause (someone) hardship or distress
    • - they were not yet burdened with adult responsibility
  1. bearing a heavy burden of work or difficulties or responsibilities; "she always felt burdened by the load of paper work"
  2. bearing a physically heavy weight or load; "tree limbs burdened with ice"; "a heavy-laden cart"; "loaded down with packages"
  3. (burden) weight down with a load
  4. (burden) charge: impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to; "He charged her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend"
  5. (burden) load: weight to be borne or conveyed
  6. (burden) effect: the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
  7. (Burden (music)) In music, the burden is an archaic term for the drone or base in some musical instruments, and the pipe or part that plays it, such as a bagpipe or pedal point in an organ. Burden also refers to a part of a song that is repeated at the end of each stanza, i.e. the chorus or refrain.
  8. (Burden (song)) "Burden" is the third single from the album Watershed by the Swedish progressive death metal band Opeth. It was released on 9 December 2008 through Roadrunner Records. The song was written by Mikael Åkerfeldt. ...
  9. Burdens is a debut album of the Portuguese Gothic metal band Ava Inferi. It was released in January 2006 by Season of Mist.
  10. (The Burden) The Burden is a novel written by Agatha Christie and first published in the UK by Heinemann in November 12, 1956. Initially not published in the US, it was later issued as a paperback by Dell Publishing in September 1963. ...
  11. (burden) Theme, core idea; A heavy load; A responsibility, onus; A cause of worry; To encumber with a burden (in any of the noun senses of the word)
  12. (Burden) The impact or consequence of having the responsibility of caring for someone (most frequently with dementia).
  13. (Burden) In current or potential transformers burden in VA is the maximum load the transformer can support while operating within its accuracy rating.
  14. (Burden) The distance between a blasthole and the nearest free face or the distance between two successive rows of holes used in a drilling pattern for a blast. See Spacing.
  15. (Burden) To dream that you carry a heavy burden, signifies that you will be tied down by oppressive weights of care and injustice, caused from favoritism shown your enemies by those in power. But to struggle free from it, you will climb to the topmost heights of success.
  16. (Burden) Something that is carried. "The cradle basket on her back was a burden she carried easily."
  17. (BURDEN) First described by Treudley in 1946, this term generally refers to the consequences for the family of close contact with a person who is severely mentally ill.
  18. (Burden) (1) The loose material that overlays bedrock. (2) The depth of material to be moved or loosened in a blast.
  19. (Burden) (1.) A load of any kind (Exo 23:5). (2.) A severe task (Exo 2:11). (3.) A difficult duty, requiring effort (Exo 18:22). (4.) A prophecy of a calamitous or disastrous nature (Isa 13:1; Isa 17:1; Hab 1:1, etc.).
  20. (Burden) A frequently used term with two meanings, usually evident from the context:
  21. (Burden) Load imposed by an electronic or electrical device on the measured input circuit, expressed in volt-amps.
  22. (Burden) Overhead expenses distributed over appropriate direct labor and/or material base. See also Indirect Costs. For projects, the burden includes all costs not directly associated with tasks, such as project management costs.
  23. (Burden) Overhead or fixed costs; known as "burden rate" when expressed on per hour or similar time basis.
  24. (Burden) Term used to designate the metal charge for a melting furnace. It is also used in cost accounting to indicate certain additional charges to be included in assessing costs in the different areas.
  25. (Burden) The blast furnace charge, consisting of iron-oxide bearing materials and fluxes.