burden in English: A heavy load that you carry, or a duty or problem that feels heavy. (noun)

Translation

A heavy load that you carry, or a duty or problem that feels heavy.

Word origin

From Old English byrthen, meaning a load, from the same root as the verb bear.

Gender

Pluralburdens

donkey .

The first meaning is a real load that is carried.

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A person can feel like a burden when others must care for them.

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Anything hard to bear can be called a burden on someone.

weight

How heavy something is; how much it weighs.

carry

To hold something and move it from one place to another.

heavy

Weighing a lot; hard to lift or carry.

load

A large amount of things that a person, animal, or vehicle carries. "Load" is also a verb: to put things into or onto something.

responsibility

A job or duty that you must look after, and the blame if it goes wrong.

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