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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | seat on horse |
| Synonyms: | howdah, packsaddle, pillion, seat |
| Main Entry: | charge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | load, tax |
| Synonyms: | afflict, burden, choke, clog, commit, cram, crowd, cumber, encumber, entrust, fill, heap, impregnate, instill, lade, pack, penetrate, permeate, pervade, pile, ram, saddle, saturate, suffuse, transfuse, weigh |
| Main Entry: | encumber |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bother, burden |
| Synonyms: | block, charge, clog, cramp, discommode, embarrass, hamper, handicap, hang up, hinder, hog-tie, hold up, impede, incommode, inconvenience, lade, load, make difficult, obstruct, oppress, overburden, overload, retard, saddle, saddle with, slow down, tax, trammel, weigh down, weight |
| Antonyms: | aid, assist, help |
| Main Entry: | encumbrance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | burden |
| Synonyms: | albatross, ball and chain, cross, debt, duty, guilt, handicap, hindrance, impediment, load, millstone, monkey on one's back, obstruction, responsibility, saddle, thorn in one's side, weight, worry |
| Main Entry: | harness |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | rein in; control |
| Synonyms: | accouter, apply, bind, bridle, channel, check, cinch, collar, constrain, couple, curb, domesticate, employ, equip, exploit, fasten, fetter, fit, furnish, gear, govern, hitch, hold, leash, limit, make productive, mobilize, muzzle, outfit, put in harness, render useful, rig, saddle, secure, strap, tackle, tame, tie, utilize, yoke |
| Antonyms: | release, unharness |
| Main Entry: | impose |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | set, dictate |
| Synonyms: | appoint, burden, charge, command, compel, constrain, decree, demand, encroach, enforce, enjoin, establish, exact, fix, foist, force, force upon, horn in, inflict, infringe, institute, introduce, intrude, lade, lay, lay down, lay down the law, levy, move in on, oblige, obtrude, ordain, order, place, prescribe, presume, promulgate, put, put foot down, read riot act, require, saddle, take advantage, trespass, visit, wish, wreak, wreck |
| Main Entry: | lay |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | credit, allocate |
| Synonyms: | accredit, address, aim, allot, apply, ascribe, assess, assign, attribute, burden, cast, charge, direct, encumber, impose, impute, incline, level, point, refer, saddle, tax, train, turn, zero in |
| Notes: | to lay is to place something; to lie is to recline |
| Main Entry: | load |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | overburden, pressure |
| Synonyms: | burden, charge, encumber, hamper, lade, oppress, saddle, task, tax, trouble, weigh down, weight, worry |
| Antonyms: | relieve, unburden |
| Main Entry: | lumber |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | burden |
| Synonyms: | charge, cumber, encumber, impose upon, lade, land, load, saddle, tax, weigh |
| Notes: | what American call lumber, Britons call timber; timbre refers to the quality of sound |
| Antonyms: | relieve, unburden |
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