1. Bearing a physically heavy weight or load
   "tree limbs burdened with ice";
   - heavy-laden, loaded down
    
2. Bearing a heavy burden of work, difficulties or responsibilities
   "she always felt burdened by the load of paper work"

1. Impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to
   "He burdened her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend";
   - charge, saddle, lumber [Brit, informal]
    
2. Add a heavy load; increase the weight of a load
   "They burdened down the tarp with rocks to prevent it from blowing away";
   - burthen, weight, weight down

See also: bowed down, encumbered, laden, loaded down, oppressed, overburdened, saddled, weighed down

Type of: charge, command, require

Antonym: disburden, unburdened

Encyclopedia: Burden, Kansas