Main entry: burden, load, loading
Definition: weight to be borne or conveyed
Main entry: burden, incumbrance, load, encumbrance, onus
Definition: an onerous or difficult concern
Usage: the burden of responsibility; that's a load off my mind
Main entry: burden
Definition: the central idea that is expanded in a document or discourse
Main entry: core, effect, gist, essence, burden
Definition: the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
Main entry: charge, burden, saddle
Definition: impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to
Usage: He charged her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend
Main entry: burden, burthen, weight, weight down
Definition: weight down with a load