burden
🇺🇸
/ˈbɜːrdn/
🇬🇧
/ˈbɜːdn/
noun
C1
A heavy responsibility that causes stress or hard work.
The burden of caring for elderly parents often falls on their children.
R
A heavy object that is hard to carry.
He carried the heavy burden of firewood up the hill.
verb
R
To give someone a heavy responsibility that causes stress.
Don't burden your friends with too many problems.
R
To carry something heavy.
She was burdened with heavy shopping bags.
translation
A heavy responsibility that causes stress or hard work.; A heavy object that is hard to carry.
To give someone a heavy responsibility that causes stress.; To carry something heavy.
Word Forms
Plural
burdens
Progressive
burdening
Past
burdened
Perfect
burdened
3rd Present
burdens