to burden

Definition of to burden in English English dictionary: To encumber with a burden (in any of the noun senses of the word); {f} load; weigh down; The tops or heads of stream-work which lie over the stream of tin; {n} a load, weight, birth, capacity of a ship; {v} to load, encumber, lay upon, oppress; A cause of worry; "usually a synonym for Overhead" ref Szonyi; The capacity of a vessel, or the weight of cargo that she will carry; as, a ship of a hundred tons burden; A birth; To oppress with anything grievous or trying; to overload; as, to burden a nation with taxes; The verse repeated in a song, or the return of the theme at the end of each stanza; the chorus; refrain; weight down with a load; That which is borne or carried; a load; an onerous or difficult concern; "the burden of responsibility"; "that's a load off my mind"; A heavy load; Usually a synonym for overhead; That which is borne with labor or difficulty; that which is grievous, wearisome, or oppressive; The proportion of ore and flux to fuel, in the charge of a blast furnace; A burden is a heavy load that is difficult to carry; the central idea that is expanded in a document or discourse weight down with a load; Hence: That which is often repeated or which is dwelt upon; the main topic; as, the burden of a prayer; A fixed quantity of certain commodities; as, a burden of gad steel, 120 pounds; the choric line or lines that signal the end or the beginning of a stanza in a carol or hymn; an onerous or difficult concern; "the burden of responsibility"; "that's a load off my mind" the central idea that is expanded in a document or discourse weight down with a load; A responsibility, onus; The electrical load taken from a circuit by measuring instruments expressed in volt-amps (VA) or watts In current transformers burden in VA is the maximum the transformer can support while operating within its rated accuracy; Overhead expenses distributed over appropriate direct labor and/or material base; the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work; If someone burdens you with something that is likely to worry you, for example a problem or a difficult decision, they tell you about it. We decided not to burden him with the news. see also beast of burden; the central idea that is expanded in a document or discourse; A club; If you describe a problem or a responsibility as a burden, you mean that it causes someone a lot of difficulty, worry, or hard work. The developing countries bear the burden of an enormous external debt Her death will be an impossible burden on Paul The financial burden will be more evenly shared; Theme, core idea; The drone of a bagpipe; weight to be borne or conveyed; – The distance in feet from an explosive charge, in the direction of relief, to the nearest free or open face; things that are difficult to do; Overhead or fixed costs; known as "burden rate" when expressed on per hour or similar time basis; impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to; "He charged her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend"; A burden is a heavy load which is difficult to carry; -Load imposed by an electronic or electrical device on the measured input circuit, expressed in volt-amps; The central topic or principle idea, often repeated in a refrain (See also Motif, Theme); (in the Statistics window) number which estimates the average number of items that have to be repeated daily; {i} load; weight; capacity, volume; The total mass of a gaseous substance of concern in the atmosphere; To impose, as a load or burden; to lay or place as a burden (something heavy or objectionable); 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; To encumber with weight (literal or figurative); to lay a heavy load upon; to load