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 →

2) Weighed down by worries, duties, debts or problems. tree →

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 →
• He felt burdened by the secret. tree →
• Families can be burdened with debt. tree →
• The camel was burdened with goods for the market. tree →
• She was burdened with too much work. tree →
• Don't feel burdened; we'll help you. tree →
• The old tree was burdened by snow. tree →

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.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «burdened» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.