burden
/ˈbɝdn̩/ noun B1- A heavy load.
- A responsibility, onus.
- A cause of worry; that which is grievous, wearisome, or oppressive.
- The capacity of a vessel, or the weight of cargo that she will carry. · a ship of a hundred tons burden
- The tops or heads of stream-work which lie over the stream of tin.
- The proportion of ore and flux to fuel, in the charge of a blast furnace.
- A fixed quantity of certain commodities. · A burden of gad steel is 120 pounds.
- The total amount of toxins, parasites, cancer cells, plaque or similar present in an organism.
Plural burdens
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Thereafter, feeling his life a burden from the shame and ridicule to which he was exposed, he schemed to convince all the other Foxes that being tailless was much more attractive, thus making up for his own deprivation.
The Ass shortly afterwards fell down dead under his burden.
The Mule, groaning beneath his heavy burden, said to himself: “I am treated according to my deserts.
If I had only been willing to assist the Ass a little in his need, I should not now be bearing, together with his burden, himself as well.”
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