BURDEN

Definition of BURDEN

  1. (verb)weight down with a load
  2. (verb)impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to
  3. (noun)an onerous or difficult concern
  4. (noun)weight to be borne or conveyed
  5. (noun)the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
  6. (noun)the central idea that is expanded in a document or discourse