burden
Language: EN · Kind: word
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1. burden (noun) — sense 1
Definition: A phrase or theme that recurs at the end of each verse in a folk song or ballad.
Example: Foot it featly here and there; / And, sweet sprites, the burden bear.
2. burden (noun) — sense 2
Definition: The drone of a bagpipe.
Example: BURDEN in some musical instruments, the Drone or Bass, and the pipe or string that plays it
3. burden (noun) — sense 3
Definition: A theme, a core idea.
Example: the burden of the argument
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