n.
1.an onerous or difficult concern
2.weight to be borne or conveyed
3.the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
4.the central idea that is expanded in a document or discourse burden v.
1.weight down with a load
2.impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to
Idiom of the Day
bring some new facts to light
to discover some new facts about something, to make some new facts about something known
The lawyer was able to bring some new facts to light in the trial of the killer.