English-Thai Dictionary

burden

N ภาระ  strain pha-ra

 

burden

N ระวาง  ra-wang

 

burden

VT เป็น ภาระ  pen-pha-ra

 

burden of a song

N การร้อง ประสานเสียง  kan-rong-pa-san-siang

 

burden with

PHRV รับภาระ  rub-pa-ra

 

burdensome

ADJ ที่ เป็น ภาระ  onerous ti-pen-pha-ra

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BURDEN

n.burd'n; written also burthen. [L. fero, or porto. ] 1. That which is borne or carried; a load. Hence,
2. That which is borne with labor or difficulty; that which is grievous, wearisome or oppressive.
3. A birth.
4. The verse repeated in a song, or the return of the theme at the end of each verse; the chorus; so called from the application of this word to the drone or base, and the pipe or string which plays it, in an instrument. A chord which is to be divided, to perform the intervals of music, when open and undivided, is also called the burden.
5. In common language, that which is often repeated; a subject on which one dwells.
6. A fixed quantity of certain commodities; as a burden of gad steel, 12 pounds.
7. The contents of a ship; the quantity or number of tons, a vessel will carry; as a ship of a hundred tons burden.
8. A club. [Not in use. ]

 

BURDEN

v.t.burd'n. To load; to lay on a heavy load; to incumber with weight. Hence, 1. To oppress with any thing grievous; as, to burden a nation with taxes.
2. To surcharge; as, to burden the memory.

 

BURDENED

pp. Loaded with weight; incumbered; oppressed.

 

BURDENER

n.One who loads; an oppressor

 

BURDENOUS

a.Grievous; heavy to be borne; oppressive. 1. Cumbersome; useless.

 

BURDENSOME

a.Heavy; grievous to be borne; causing uneasiness or fatigue; oppressive.

 

BURDENSOMENESS

n.The quality of being burdensome; heaviness; oppressiveness.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

BURDEN

BURDEN Bur "den, n. [Written also burthen. ] Etym: [OE. burden, burthen, birthen, birden, AS. byredhen; akin to Icel. byredhi, Dan. byrde, Sw. börda, G. bürde, OHG. burdi, Goth. baúr, fr. the root of E. bear, AS. beran, Goth. bairan. *92. See 1st Bear. ]

 

1. That which is borne or carried; a load. Plants with goodly burden bowing. Shak.

 

2. That which is borne with labor or difficulty; that which is grievous, wearisome, or oppressive. Deaf, giddy, helpless, left alone, To all my friends a burden grown. Swift.

 

3. The capacity of a vessel, or the weight of cargo that she will carry; as, a ship of a hundred tons burden.

 

4. (Mining )

 

Defn: The tops or heads of stream-work which lie over the stream of tin.

 

5. (Metal. )

 

Defn: The proportion of ore and flux to fuel, in the charge of a blast furnace. Raymond.

 

6. A fixed quantity of certain commodities; as, a burden of gad steel, 12 pounds.

 

7. A birth. [Obs. & R.] Shak. Beast of burden, an animal employed in carrying burdens. -- Burden of proof Etym: [L. onus probandi ] (Law ), the duty of proving a particular position in a court of law, a failure in the performance of which duty calls for judgment against the party on whom the duty is imposed.

 

Syn. -- Burden, Load. A burden is, in the literal sense, a weight to be borne; a load is something laid upon us to be carried. Hence, when used figuratively, there is usually a difference between the two words. Our burdens may be of such a nature that we feel bound to bear them cheerfully or without complaint. They may arise from the nature of our situation; they may be allotments of Providence; they may be the consequences of our errors. What is upon us, as a load, we commonly carry with greater reluctance or sense of oppression. Men often find the charge of their own families to be a burden; but if to this be added a load of care for others, the pressure is usually serve and irksome.

 

BURDEN

Bur "den, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Burdened; p. pr. & vb. n. Burdening.]

 

1. To encumber with weight (literal or figurative ); to lay a heavy load upon; to load. I mean not that other men be eased, and ye burdened. 2 Cor. viii. 13.

 

2. To oppress with anything grievous or trying; to overload; as, to burden a nation with taxes. My burdened heart would break. Shak.

 

3. To impose, as a load or burden; to lay or place as a burden (something heavy or objectionable ). [R.] It is absurd to burden this act on Cromwell. Coleridge.

 

Syn. -- To load; encumber; overload; oppress.

 

BURDEN

Bur "den, n. Etym: [OE. burdoun the bass in music, F. bourdon; cf. LL. burdo drone, a long organ pipe, a staff, a mule. Prob. of imitative origin. Cf. Bourdon. ]

 

1. The verse repeated in a song, or the return of the theme at the end of each stanza; the chorus; refrain. Hence: That which is often repeated or which is dwelt upon; the main topic; as, the burden of a prayer. I would sing my song without a burden. Shak.

 

2. The drone of a bagpipe. Ruddiman.

 

BURDEN

Bur "den, n. Etym: [See Burdon. ]

 

Defn: A club. [Obs. ] Spenser.

 

BURDENER

BURDENER Bur "den *er, n.

 

Defn: One who loads; a oppressor.

 

BURDENOUS

BURDENOUS Bur "den *ous, a.

 

Defn: Burdensome. [Obs. ] "Burdenous taxations." Shak.

 

BURDENSOME

BURDENSOME Bur "den *some, a.

 

Defn: Grievous to be borne; causing uneasiness or fatigue; oppressive. The debt immense of endless gratitude So burdensome. Milton.

 

Syn. -- Heavy; weighty; cumbersome; onerous; grievous; oppressive; troublesome. -- Bur "den *some *ly, adv. -- Bur "den *some *ness, n.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

burden

bur den |ˈbərdn ˈbərdn | ▶noun 1 a load, esp. a heavy one. • a duty or misfortune that causes hardship, anxiety, or grief; a nuisance: the burden of mental illness. • the main responsibility for achieving a specified aim or task: the burden of establishing that the cost was unreasonable. • a ship's carrying capacity; tonnage: the schooner Wyoming, of about 6,000 tons burden. 2 (the burden ) the main theme or gist of a speech, book, or argument: the burden of his views. • the refrain or chorus of a song. ▶verb [ with obj. ] load heavily: she walked forward burdened with a wooden box. • cause (someone ) hardship or distress: they were not yet burdened with adult responsibility. PHRASES burden of proof the obligation to prove one's assertion. ORIGIN Old English byrthen; related to bear 1 .

 

burdensome

bur den some |ˈbərdnsəm ˈbɜːrdnsəm | ▶adjective difficult to carry out or fulfill; taxing: the burdensome responsibilities of professional life. • undesirably restrictive: bureaucratically burdensome assessment procedures.

 

Oxford Dictionary

burden

bur ¦den |ˈbəːd (ə )n | ▶noun 1 a load, typically a heavy one. • a duty or misfortune that causes worry, hardship, or distress: [ with modifier ] : the tax burden on low-wage earners. • the main responsibility for achieving a specified aim or task: the burden of establishing that the authority had misused its powers rests upon the prosecution. • a ship's carrying capacity; tonnage. 2 (the burden ) the main theme or gist of a speech, book, or argument. 3 archaic the refrain or chorus of a song. ▶verb [ with obj. ] load heavily. • cause (someone ) worry, hardship, or distress: they were not yet burdened with adult responsibility. PHRASES burden of proof the obligation to prove one's assertion. ORIGIN Old English byrthen, of West Germanic origin; related to bear 1 .

 

burdensome

bur ¦den |some |ˈbəːdns (ə )m | ▶adjective difficult to carry out or fulfil; taxing: the burdensome responsibilities of professional life. • undesirably restrictive: bureaucratically burdensome assessment procedures.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

burden

burden noun 1 a financial burden: encumbrance, strain, care, problem, worry, difficulty, trouble, millstone; responsibility, onus, charge, duty, obligation, liability. 2 they shouldered their burdens: load, weight, cargo, freight. ▶verb she thought nothing of burdening us with yet another mouth to feed: load, charge, weigh down, encumber, hamper; overload, overburden; oppress, trouble, worry, harass, upset, distress; haunt, afflict, strain, stress, tax, overwhelm.

 

burdensome

burdensome adjective the care of his parents had become burdensome: onerous, oppressive, troublesome, weighty, worrisome, stressful; vexatious, irksome, trying, difficult; arduous, strenuous, hard, back-breaking, laborious, exhausting, tiring, taxing, demanding, punishing, grueling; informal high-maintenance.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

burden

burden noun 1 the porters shouldered their burdens: load, cargo, freight, weight; charge, pack, bundle, parcel. 2 he took on a huge financial burden: responsibility, onus, charge, duty, obligation, liability; trouble, care, problem, worry, anxiety, tribulation, affliction, trial, difficulty, misfortune, strain, stress, encumbrance, millstone, cross to bear, albatross; archaic cumber. 3 the burden of his message: gist, substance, drift, implication, intention, thrust, meaning, significance, signification, sense, essence, thesis, import, purport, tenor, message, spirit. ▶verb 1 he was burdened with a heavy pack: load, weight, charge; weigh down, encumber, hamper, overload, overburden; (burdened ) laden; rare trammel. 2 we should avoid burdening parents with too much guilt: oppress, trouble, cause trouble to, cause suffering to; worry, beset, bother, harass, disturb, upset, depress, get someone down; distress, grieve, haunt, nag, torment, harrow, afflict, strain, stress, tax, overwhelm, perturb, plague, bedevil.

 

burdensome

burdensome adjective compliance with the order can be burdensome: onerous, oppressive, troublesome, weighty, worrisome, vexatious, irksome, trying, crushing, inconvenient, awkward, a nuisance; harsh, severe, stiff, stringent, formidable, an imposition; arduous, strenuous, rigorous, uphill, difficult, hard, laborious, Herculean, exhausting, tiring, taxing, demanding, punishing, gruelling, back-breaking, exacting, wearing, stressful, wearisome, fatiguing; rare toilsome, exigent. ANTONYMS easy, light.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

burden

bur den /bə́ː r d (ə )n /〖原義は 「運ばれるもの 」〗名詞 複 ～s /-z /C 1 «…にとっての » (精神的な )重荷, 負担 ; (重い )責任 «on , to » ▸ impose a burden on students 生徒に負担を課す ▸ carry a burden of guilt [responsibility ]罪の意識 [責任 ]を負う ▸ lighten a tax burden 税負担を軽くする ▸ Life became a burden to him .彼は世の中がいやになった 2 ｟かたく ｠(重い )荷物 , 積荷 ; U (船の )積載量 ▸ A horse can carry a heavy burden .馬は重い荷物を運ぶことができる 3 ｟かたく ｠〖the ～〗(話の )要点, 主旨 .動詞 ～s /-z /; ～ed /-d /; ～ing 他動詞 【義務 責任などで 】〈人 〉に重荷を負わせる «with » (↔unburden ); 〈人 〉を苦しめる ▸ burden a nation with taxes 国民に税金を背負わせる ～̀ of pr ó of 〖the ～〗〘法 〙立証責任, 挙証責任 .～́ sh à ring 責任分担 .

 

burdened

b ú r dened 形容詞 〖be ～〗1 【借金 責任などを 】背負って ; «…で » 苦しんで «with , by » .2 【重い荷物などを 】かついで «with » .

 

burdensome

b ú r den some 形容詞 ｟かたく ｠やっかいな ; 重荷となる .