overburden

Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary

I - noun

1. the surface soil that must be moved away to get at coal seams and mineral deposits
• Hypernyms:
land, ground, soil
2. an excessive burden
• Syn:
overload
• Derivationally related forms:
overload (for: overload)
• Hypernyms:
load, loading, burden

II - verb

1. burden with too much work or responsibility (Freq. 1)
• Hypernyms:
charge, saddle, burden
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s somebody with something
2. load with excessive weight
• Hypernyms:
burden, burthen, weight, weight down
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something