From the I don't know much about being a burden but I can tell you much about the effects of having a burden …
The word in the example sentence does not match the entry word. See more. burden definition: The definition of a burden is something carried, a worry or sadness, or a responsibility. The sadness of your mother's illness is an example of a burden. The prevalence and mean intensity quantified as the number of eggs and oocysts per gram of faeces were taken as a measure of parasite burdens. b.