Synonym: charge, load, task. Antonym: lighten, reduce. Similar words: murder, tour de force, garden, warden, ardent, gardening, herb garden, interdependent. Meaning: [bɜːdn] 
n. 1. an onerous or difficult concern 2. weight to be borne or conveyed 3. the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work 4. the central idea that is expanded in a document or discourse. v. 1. weight down with a load 2. impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to.
n. 1. an onerous or difficult concern 2. weight to be borne or conveyed 3. the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work 4. the central idea that is expanded in a document or discourse. v. 1. weight down with a load 2. impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to. 
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61. The burden of proof lay on the plaintiff to prove negligence.
62. I will not burden you with a lot of questions.
63. Parents carry the burden of ensuring that children go to school.
64. A coward considers difficulties as a heavy burden on his back,but a valiant fighter turns difficulties into a stepping-stone for his advance.
65. Respite care is intended to relieve parents temporarily of the burden of caring for severely disabled children.
66. We need to reduce the burden of taxes that impoverish the economy.
67. Faced with a mounting burden of debt, he sold off the company.
68. The burden of his complaint was that quality was very poor.
69. The mule's back was hollowed by the weight of its burden.
70. Some would argue this was no burden in fact, and that she should count her blessings.
71. My elderly mother worries that she's a burden to me.
72. The burden of the tax bore most heavily on the poor.
73. The war had put an insupportable financial burden on the country.
74. He wanted to rid himself of the burden of the secret.
75. The burden of proof falls on the prosecution: the accused is presumed innocent until proved guilty.
76. A part-time bookkeeper will relieve you of the burden of chasing unpaid invoices and paying bills.
77. It was difficult to behave naturally under the burden of knowing the truth.
78. Their group was targeted to carry the burden of job losses.
79. It is still labouring under the debt burden that it was encumbered with in the 1980s.
80. Caring for an elderly relative can become an intolerable burden.
81. Buying a house often places a large financial burden on young couples.
82. His business empire collapsed under a massive burden of debt.
83. I have no wish to impose a new burden on you.
84. He has the burden of a large family on his shoulders.
85. The irony is that the new tax system will burden those it was intended to help.
86. The burden of responsibility weighed heavily on his shoulders .
87. Taking away the burden of administration will free teachers to concentrate on teaching.
88. It is better that I alone bear the burden.
89. Yet they had an added burden.
90. The burden of proof in establishing the defence is upon the defendant on the balance of probabilities.