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burden
1. noun /ˈbɜːdn,ˈbɝdn/
a) A heavy load.

There were four or five men in the vault already, and I could hear more coming down the passage, and guessed from their heavy footsteps that they were carrying burdens.

b) A responsibility, onus.
2. verb /ˈbɜːdn,ˈbɝdn/
To encumber with a burden (in any of the noun senses of the word).

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