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Noun
S:
(n)
burden
,
load
,
encumbrance
,
incumbrance
,
onus
(an onerous or difficult concern)
"the burden of responsibility"; "that's a load off my mind"
S:
(n)
load
,
loading
,
burden
(weight to be borne or conveyed)
S:
(n)
effect
,
essence
,
burden
,
core
,
gist
(the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work)
S:
(n)
burden
(the central idea that is expanded in a document or discourse)
Verb
S:
(v)
burden
,
burthen
,
weight
,
weight down
(weight down with a load)
direct troponym
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full troponym
direct hypernym
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inherited hypernym
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sister term
antonym
derivationally related form
sentence frame
S:
(v)
charge
,
saddle
,
burden
(impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to)
"He charged her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend"