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burdening

burdening is the present participle and gerund of burden.

Meaning of burden

Verb

burden (third-person singular simple present burdens, present participle burdening, simple past and past participle burdened)

  1. (figuratively, literally, transitive) To encumber with a burden.
    • to burden a nation with taxes
  2. (transitive) To impose, as a load or burden; to lay or place as a burden (something heavy or objectionable).
    • He was beginning to forget his burdening, despairing mood of a short while ago.1964, Philip K. Dick, “FOUR”, in Clans of the Alphane Moon, United States: Ace Books, →OCLC; republished London: HarperCollinsPublishers, 1996, →ISBN, page 39

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Questions about burdening

What is burdening the present participle and gerund of?
Burdening is the present participle and gerund of burden.

Words near burdening in the dictionary

  1. burdener
  2. burdeners
  3. burdenest
  4. burdeneth
  5. burdenful
  6. burdening
  7. burdenless
  8. burdenlessness
  9. burdenous
  10. burdens
  11. burdens of production

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