Definition of Burden

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Burden

That which is borne or carried; a load.

That which is borne with labor or difficulty; that which is grievous, wearisome, or oppressive.

The capacity of a vessel, or the weight of cargo that she will carry; as, a ship of a hundred tons burden.

The tops or heads of stream-work which lie over the stream of tin.

The proportion of ore and flux to fuel, in the charge of a blast furnace.

A fixed quantity of certain commodities; as, a burden of gad steel, 120 pounds.

A birth.

To encumber with weight (literal or figurative); to lay a heavy load upon; to load.

To oppress with anything grievous or trying; to overload; as, to burden a nation with taxes.

To impose, as a load or burden; to lay or place as a burden (something heavy or objectionable).

The verse repeated in a song, or the return of the theme at the end of each stanza; the chorus; refrain. Hence: That which is often repeated or which is dwelt upon; the main topic; as, the burden of a prayer.

The drone of a bagpipe.

A club.

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Burden Quotations

Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future and renders the present inaccessible.
Maya Angelou

I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty.
John F. Kennedy

Being noticed can be a burden. Jesus got himself crucified because he got himself noticed. So I disappear a lot.
Bob Dylan

Respect the burden.
Napoleon Bonaparte

The will is a beast of burden. If God mounts it, it wishes and goes as God wills; if Satan mounts it, it wishes and goes as Satan wills; Nor can it choose its rider... the riders contend for its possession.
Martin Luther

He who is of calm and happy nature will hardly feel the pressure of age, but to him who is of an opposite disposition youth and age are equally a burden.
Plato

What a heavy burden is a name that has become too famous.
Voltaire

Each generation should be made to bear the burden of its own wars, instead of carrying them on, at the expense of other generations.
James Madison

The burden of the self is lightened with I laugh at myself.
Rabindranath Tagore

Burden Translations

burden in Afrikaans is laai, belaai
burden in Dutch is beladen, inladen, belasten, laden
burden in Finnish is lasti
burden in French is accablement, alourdissons, alourdir, alourdissez
burden in German is belaste, belasten, Last
burden in Italian is addossare, aggravio
burden in Latin is onus, onero, sarcina, gravo
burden in Norwegian is byrde
burden in Portuguese is carga
burden in Spanish is gravamen, carga, ajobo

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