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Noun burthen has 1 sense

• burthen(n = noun.artifact) Array - a variant of `burden'; Array
is a kind of burden, load, loading
Derived form verb burthen₁

Verb burthen has 1 sense

• burthen(v = verb.contact) burden, weight, weight down - weight down with a load; Array
is one way to charge
Derived form noun burthen₁
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s something with something

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Gravity

N gravity, gravitation, weight, heaviness, specific gravity, pondorosity, pressure, load, burden, burthen, ballast, counterpoise, lump of, mass of, weight of, lead, millstone, mountain, Ossa on Pelion, weighing, ponderation, trutination, weights, avoirdupois weight, troy weight, apothecaries' weight, grain, scruple, drachma, ounce, pound, lb, arroba, load, stone, hundredweight, cwt, ton, long ton, metric ton, quintal, carat, pennyweight, tod, gram, centigram, milligram, microgram, kilogram, nanogram, picogram, femtogram, attogram, balance, scale, scales, steelyard, beam, weighbridge, spring balance, piezoelectric balance, analytical balance, two-pan balance, one-pan balance, postal scale, baby scale, statics, weighty, weighing, heavy as lead, ponderous, ponderable, lumpish, lumpy, cumbersome, burdensome, cumbrous, unwieldy, massive, incumbent, superincumbent.

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