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burden

noun

/ˈbɜːrdn/

Meaning

a heavy load, especially one that is difficult to carry

The financial burden was too heavy for him to bear.

carry a burden

load, weight, obligation, strain, duty

relief, ease, aid

heavy burden, financial burden, burden of responsibility, carry a burden

a piece of clothing worn from the waist down, covering both legs separately

the faculty of perceiving sounds; a session in which testimony and arguments are heard

A person who brings about or initiates something, usually something bad.

A seed that is eaten as a vegetable or used to make food products.

The act of expelling a foreigner from a country.

the period of a person's or thing's greatest success, popularity, or vigor; prime time