Definitions
A weight, amount carried, or amount of work; also to fill or put in place.
Word origin
The sense of “burden” first arose in the 13th century as a secondary meaning of Middle English lode, loade, which had the main significance of “way, course, journey”, from Old English lād (“course, journey; way, street, waterway; leading, carrying; maintenance, support”) (ultimately from Proto-Germanic *laidō (“leading, way”), Proto-Indo-European *leyt- (“to go, go forth, die”).
Used in a sentence
“I struggled up the hill with the heavy load in my rucksack.”
“Our life's a load.”
“I came here with a load and it feels so much lighter, now I’ve met you.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Cargo or burden”4 letters
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