burden

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

1. an onerous or difficult concern (Freq. 7)
- the burden of responsibility
- that's a load off my mind
• Syn:
load, encumbrance, incumbrance, onus
• Hypernyms:
concern, worry, headache, vexation
• Hyponyms:
dead weight, fardel, imposition, pill
2. weight to be borne or conveyed (Freq. 2)
• Syn:
load, loading
• Derivationally related forms:
load (for: load)
• Hypernyms:
weight
• Hyponyms:
burthen, dead load, live load, superload, millstone,
overload, overburden
3. the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
• Syn:
effect, essence, core, gist
• Hypernyms:
meaning, significance, signification, import
4. the central idea that is expanded in a document or discourse
• Hypernyms:
idea, thought

II - verb

1. weight down with a load
• Syn:
burthen, weight, weight down
• Ant:
unburden
• Derivationally related forms:
weight (for: weight), burthen (for: burthen)
• Hypernyms:
charge
• Hyponyms:
overburden, plumb, saddle
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s something with something
2. impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to
- He charged her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend
• Syn:
charge, saddle
• Derivationally related forms:
charge (for: charge)
• Hypernyms:
command, require
• Hyponyms:
overburden, bear down, overwhelm, deluge, flood out, adjure
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody with something
- Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE (for: charge)

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  effect, essence, core, gist, load, loading, encumbrance, incumbrance, onus, charge, saddle, burthen, weight, weight down
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  unburden, disburden