Scrabble?! BURDEN

Definitions of BURDEN in various dictionaries:

noun - an onerous or difficult concern

noun - weight to be borne or conveyed

noun - the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work

noun - the central idea that is expanded in a document or discourse

verb - weight down with a load

verb - impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to

Something that is carried.

Something that is emotionally difficult to bear.

A source of great worry or stress; weight: The burden of economic sacrifice rests on the workers of the plant.

A responsibility or duty: The burden of organizing the campaign fell to me.

Nautical.

The amount of cargo that a vessel can carry.

The weight of the cargo carried by a vessel at one time.

To weigh down; oppress.

The central meaning shared by these noun s is “something that is onerous or troublesome”: the burden of a guilty conscience; indebtedness that is an affliction; illness that is her cross; sitting still, a trial to the very young; domestic tribulations.

A principal or recurring idea; a theme: “The burden of what he said was to defend enthusiastically the conservative aristocracy” (J.

Music.

The chorus or refrain of a composition.

The drone of a bagpipe.

The bass accompaniment to a song.

verb - to load heavily