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Burden (refrain)
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burden — There are two distinct words burden in English. By far the older, ‘load’, comes from Old English byrthen. Like bear, birth, bairn, bier, barrow, and berth it goes back ultimately to an Indo European base *bher , which signified both ‘carry’ and… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
burden — There are two distinct words burden in English. By far the older, ‘load’, comes from Old English byrthen. Like bear, birth, bairn, bier, barrow, and berth it goes back ultimately to an Indo European base *bher , which signified both ‘carry’ and… … Word origins
burden — burden1 [bʉrd′ n] n. [ME birthen < OE byrthen, akin to ON byrthr, a load: for IE base see BEAR1] 1. anything that is carried; load 2. anything one has to bear or put up with; heavy load, as of work, duty, responsibility, or sorrow 3. the… … English World dictionary
Refrain — Re*frain , n. [F. refrain, fr. OF. refraindre; cf. Pr. refranhs a refrain, refranher to repeat. See {Refract},{Refrain}, v.] The burden of a song; a phrase or verse which recurs at the end of each of the separate stanzas or divisions of a poetic… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Burden — Bur den (b[^u]r d n), n. [OE. burdoun the bass in music, F. bourdon; cf. LL. burdo drone, a long organ pipe, a staff, a mule. Prob. of imitative origin. Cf. {Bourdon}.] 1. The verse repeated in a song, or the return of the theme at the end of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
refrain — [n] chorus of musical piece burden, melody, music, song, strain, theme, tune, undersong; concepts 264,595 refrain [v] do without; keep from doing abstain, arrest, avoid, be temperate, cease, check, curb, desist, eschew, forbear, forgo, give up,… … New thesaurus
Refrain — For other uses, see Refrain (disambiguation). A refrain (from Vulgar Latin refringere, to repeat , and later from Old French refraindre) is the line or lines that are repeated in music or in verse; the chorus of a song. Poetic fixed forms that… … Wikipedia
Burden — A burden is a heavy weight that is difficult to carry. Metaphorically it refers to anything difficult or troubling.Burden may also refer to: * Burden, Kansas, United States * Burden, Luxembourg * Burden of proof * Burden, in cost accounting, an… … Wikipedia
burden — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English byrthen; akin to Old English beran to carry more at bear Date: before 12th century 1. a. something that is carried ; load b. duty, responsibility 2. something oppressive or worrisome … New Collegiate Dictionary
refrain — refrain1 refrainer, n. refrainment, n. /ri frayn /, v.i. 1. to abstain from an impulse to say or do something (often fol. by from): I refrained from telling him what I thought. v.t. 2. Archaic. to curb. [1300 50; ME refreinen < OF refrener < L … Universalium
burden — Synonyms and related words: Spenserian stanza, accommodation, add, adjoin, affix, afflict, affliction, agglutinate, agitate, albatross, allegiance, amount, anacrusis, annex, antistrophe, append, arraignability, arraignableness, assigned task,… … Moby Thesaurus
