burden

burden

englanti

  1. taakka, kantamus mkuv, rasitus

Esimerkkejä burden sanan käytöstä:

Running two companies at the same time is quite a burden.

Liittyvät sanat: beast of burden

Synonyymisanakirja

burden

  1. kuorma, taakka, kuollut paino, muuttuva kuormitus, ylikuormitus, lasti, kantamus, painolasti, paino.

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Käännökset

englanti

lastata

rasittaa jkta

kantamus

ydin

punainen lanka A heavy load.
1898, (w), (w) Chapter 4

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.
A responsibility, onus.
A cause of worry; that which is grievous, wearisome, or oppressive.
Jonathan Swift
Deaf, giddy, helpless, left alone, / To all my friends a burden grown.
The capacity of a vessel, or the weight of cargo that she will carry.

a ship of a hundred tons burden

puhekieltä The tops or heads of stream-work which lie over the stream of tin.
puhekieltä The proportion of ore and flux to fuel, in the charge of a blast furnace.

(rfquotek)

A fixed quantity of certain commodities.

A burden of gad steel is 120 pounds.

puhekieltä A birth.

That bore thee at a burden two fair sons

puhekieltä The total amount of toxins, parasites, cancer cells, plaque or the such present in an organism.
puhekieltä To encumber with a burden (in any of the noun senses of the word).

to burden a nation with taxes

Bible, 2 Corinthians viii. 13
I mean not that other men be eased, and ye burdened.
Shakespeare
My burdened heart would break.
To impose, as a load or burden; to lay or place as a burden (something heavy or objectionable).
Coleridge
It is absurd to burden this act on Cromwell.
(senseid)puhekieltä A phrase or theme that recurs at the end of each verse in a folk song or ballad.
1610, s:The Tempest|The Tempest, by w:William Shakespeare|Shakespeare, act 1 scene 2
... Foot it featly here and there; / And, sweet sprites, the burden bear.
1846, w:Edgar Allan Poe|E. A. Poe, s:The Philosophy of Composition|The Philosophy of Composition
As commonly used, the refrain, or burden, not only is limited to lyric verse, but depends for its impression upon the force of monotone - both in sound and thought.
The drone of a bagpipe.
puhekieltä theme Theme, core idea.

Riimisanakirja

burden rimmaa näiden kanssa:

eeden, kahden, kohden, nähden, tähden, sen tähden, minkä tähden, loden, myöden

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Läheisiä sanoja

bulvaani, bumerangi, bungalow, bunkkeri, burnout, business

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