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# burdened

«burdened» in Mova's school dictionary: **Carrying a heavy load** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (burdened); also past tense and past participle of burden

### meaning for a pupil

1) Carrying a heavy load. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burdened/#m1)

2) Weighed down by worries, duties, debts or problems. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burdened/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Used in stories and adult life to describe someone weighed down, like a family burdened with debt or a hiker burdened with a heavy pack. Phrases: burdened with, burdened by, heavily burdened.

### examples

- The hikers were burdened with heavy backpacks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burdened/#x1)
- He felt burdened by the secret. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burdened/#x2)
- Families can be burdened with debt. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burdened/#x3)
- The camel was burdened with goods for the market. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burdened/#x4)
- She was burdened with too much work. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burdened/#x5)
- Don't feel burdened; we'll help you. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burdened/#x6)
- The old tree was burdened by snow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burdened/#x7)

### note

Followed by "with" (things) or "by" (worries). Opposite: unburdened, free. Pronounced BUR-dend.

### In the corpora

- [I have not burdened thee with a meal-offering, nor wearied thee with frankincense.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.963/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «burdened» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/burdened/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.