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
scrape the bottom of the barrel
to take whatever is left after the best has been taken
The company is scraping the bottom of the barrel to look for new employees.