plural of burden

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of burden

plural of Burden

A heavy load. / A responsibility, onus. / A cause of worry; that which is grievous, wearisome, or oppressive. / The capacity of a vessel, or the weight of cargo that she will carry.

(transitive) To encumber with a literal or figurative burden. / (transitive) To impose, as a load or burden; to lay or place as a burden (something heavy or objectionable).

(music) A phrase or theme that recurs at the end of each verse in a folk song or ballad. / The drone of a bagpipe. / Theme, core idea.

simple past tense and past participle of burden

present participle of burden

(obsolete) Heavy; oppressive.

One who burdens; an oppressor.