- burdened
- burdened ur"dened adj.
bearing a heavy load; as, a hiker burdened with a heavy
backpack.
Syn: heavy-laden, laden, weighed down. [WordNet 1.5]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
burdened
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burdened — burdened; un·burdened; … English syllables
burdened — index disadvantaged, disconsolate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
burdened — [bʉrd′ nd] adj. Naut. designating the vessel responsible for taking action to avoid colliding with another vessel: see PRIVILEGED (sense 4) … English World dictionary
burdened — [[t]bɜ͟ː(r)d(ə)nd[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED: v link ADJ with/by n If you are burdened with something, it causes you a lot of worry or hard work. Nicaragua was burdened with a foreign debt of $11 billion... They may be burdened by guilt and regret. 2)… … English dictionary
Burdened — Burden Bur den, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Burdened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Burdening}.] 1. To encumber with weight (literal or figurative); to lay a heavy load upon; to load. [1913 Webster] I mean not that other men be eased, and ye burdened. 2 Cor. viii.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
burdened — adjective 1. bearing a heavy burden of work or difficulties or responsibilities (Freq. 1) she always felt burdened by the load of paper work • Ant: ↑unburdened • Similar to: ↑bowed down, ↑loaded down, ↑overbu … Useful english dictionary
burdened vessel — Of two vessels approaching each other the burdened vessel is the one which is required by the rules of navigation to keep out of the way of the other vessel. The Knoxville City (CA 9 Cal) 112 F2d 223 … Ballentine's law dictionary
burdened — /berr dnd/, adj. Navig. (of a vessel) required to yield to a vessel having the right of way. Cf. privileged (def. 5). [BURDEN1 + ED2] * * * … Universalium
burdened — Synonyms and related words: bearing, bolstering, bracing, buttressing, carrying, charged, cumbered, encumbered, fraught, freighted, full charged, full fraught, hampered, heavy laden, holding, laden, loaded, maintaining, oppressed, overburdened,… … Moby Thesaurus
burdened — bur·den || bÉœËdn n. load; weight; capacity, volume v. load; weigh down … English contemporary dictionary
