Burden

Tamil Meaning

சுமை

சுமை ஏற்று

English Meaning

  1. Something that is carried.
  2. Something that is emotionally difficult to bear.
  3. A source of great worry or stress; weight: The burden of economic sacrifice rests on the workers of the plant.
  4. A responsibility or duty: The burden of organizing the campaign fell to me.
  5. Nautical The amount of cargo that a vessel can carry.
  6. Nautical The weight of the cargo carried by a vessel at one time.
  7. The amount of a disease-causing entity present in an organism.
  8. To weigh down; oppress.
  9. To load or overload.
  10. A principal or recurring idea; a theme: "The burden of what he said was to defend enthusiastically the conservative aristocracy” ( J.A. Froude). See Synonyms at substance.
  11. Music The chorus or refrain of a composition, especially of a 15th-century carol.
  12. Music A drone, as of a bagpipe or pedal point.
  13. Archaic Music The bass accompaniment to a song.