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overburden
| overburdened
| overburdensome
| overburn
| overbusy
| overbuy
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overburden
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun overburden has 2 senses
- overburden(n = noun.object) Array - the surface soil that must be moved away to get at coal seams and mineral deposits; Array is a kind of ground, land, soil
- overburden(n = noun.artifact) overload - an excessive burden; Array is a kind of burden, load, loading
Derived forms verb overburden1, verb overburden2
Verb overburden has 2 senses
- overburden(v = verb.communication) Array - burden with too much work or responsibility; Array is one way to burden, charge, saddle
- overburden(v = verb.contact) Array - load with excessive weight; Array is one way to burden, burthen, weight, weight down
Derived form noun overburden2
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody with something
Derived form noun overburden2
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
CIDE DICTIONARY
overburden, v. t.
To load with too great weight or too much care, etc. Sir P. Sidney. [1913 Webster]
overburden, n.
The waste which overlies good stone in a quarry. Raymond. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
overburden, v. & n.
--v.tr. burden (a person, thing, etc.) to excess.
--n.
1 rock etc. that must be removed prior to mining the mineral deposit beneath it.
2 an excessive burden.
--v.tr. burden (a person, thing, etc.) to excess.
--n.
1 rock etc. that must be removed prior to mining the mineral deposit beneath it.
2 an excessive burden.
Derivative
overburdensome adj.
THESAURUS
overburden
bear hard upon, burden, burthen, charge, choke, congest, cram, crowd, cumber, drench, encumber, freight, glut, gluttonize, go hard with, go ill with, gorge, hamper, handicap, jam, jam-pack, lade, lie on, load, oppress, overcharge, overfeed, overfill, overlade, overload, overstuff, overtax, overweigh, overweight, pack, press hard upon, rest hard upon, saddle, satiate, saturate, soak, stuff, supercharge, supersaturate, surcharge, surfeit, tax, try one, weigh down, weigh heavy on, weigh on, weigh uponROGET THESAURUS
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Redundancy
VB superabound, overabound, know no bounds, swarm, meet one at every turn, creep with, crawl with, bristle with, overflow, run over, flow over, well over, brim over, run riot, overrun, overstock, overlay, overcharge, overdose, overfeed, overburden, overload, overdo, overwhelm, overshoot the mark, surcharge, supersaturate, gorge, glut, load, drench, whelm, inundate, deluge, flood, drug, drug the market, hepatize, choke, cloy, accloy, suffocate, pile up, lay on thick, impregnate with, lavish, send coals to Newcastle, carry coals to Newcastle, carry owls to Athens, teach one's grandmother to suck eggs, pisces natare docere, kill the slain, gild refined gold, gild the lily, butter one's bread on both sides, put butter upon bacon, employ a steam engine to crack a nut, exaggerate, wallow in roll in, remain on one's hands, hang heavy on hand, go a begging.Badness
VB be hurtful, cause evil, produce evil, inflict evil, work evil, do evil, damnify, endamage, hurt, harm, injure, pain, wrong, aggrieve, oppress, persecute, trample upon, tread upon, bear hard upon, put upon, overburden, weigh down, weigh heavy on, victimize, run down, molest, maltreat, abuse, ill-use, ill-treat, buffet, bruise, scratch, maul, smite, do violence, do harm, do a mischief, stab, pierce, outrage, do mischief, make mischief, bring into trouble, destroy.Fatigue
VB be fatigued, yawn, droop, sink, flag, lose breath, lose wind, gasp, pant, puff, blow, drop, swoon, faint, succumb, fatigue, tire, weary, irk, flag, jade, harass, exhaust, knock up, wear out, prostrate, tax, task, strain, overtask, overwork, overburden, overtax, overstrain.
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