noun🔗ShareA heavy load."The heavy backpacks filled with textbooks and homework are often burdens for students. "sufferingmindChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA responsibility, onus."Taking care of her sick mother added to the burdens of her already busy life. "jobsocietyactionworkbusinesseconomyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA cause of worry; that which is grievous, wearisome, or oppressive."The student's many homework assignments and after-school job created burdens that made it difficult to relax. "sufferingmindemotionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThe capacity of a vessel, or the weight of cargo that she will carry."a ship of a hundred tons burden"nauticalsailingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThe tops or heads of stream-work which lie over the stream of tin."After years of mining, the burdens of loose rock and soil obscured the original stream, making it difficult to find new tin deposits. "geologymaterialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThe proportion of ore and flux to fuel, in the charge of a blast furnace."The furnace operator carefully adjusts the burdens to ensure efficient iron production. "materialtechnicalindustryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA fixed quantity of certain commodities."A burden of gad steel is 120 pounds."amountbusinesseconomyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA birth."The burdens of new life filled the maternity ward with hope. "familyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThe total amount of toxins, parasites, cancer cells, plaque or similar present in an organism."The doctor explained that the patient's illness was due to the high burdens of bacteria in his body. "medicineorganismbiologydiseasephysiologybiochemistryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo encumber with a literal or figurative burden."to burden a nation with taxes"sufferingemotionmindcharacterChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo impose, as a load or burden; to lay or place as a burden (something heavy or objectionable).""The heavy groceries burdens her arms." "sufferingguiltemotionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA phrase or theme that recurs at the end of each verse in a folk song or ballad."In the old folk song about the traveling farmer, the line "And the crops must be brought home before the snow flies" acted as the burdens, returning after each verse to emphasize the farmer's seasonal task. "musicliteraturelanguageChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThe drone of a bagpipe."The burdens of the bagpipe music filled the Scottish festival, creating a lively, if somewhat overwhelming, atmosphere. "musicsoundChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareTheme, core idea."the burden of the argument"abstractphilosophymindcharacterliteratureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
