Dictionary definition · burden
noun
- an onerous or difficult concern"the burden of responsibility"
- weight to be borne or conveyed
- the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
- the central idea that is expanded in a document or discourse
verb
- weight down with a load
- impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to"He charged her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend"
Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).