overburden as a noun: - 1
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as a verb: - 1
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overburden
noun
1 overburden
The surface soil that must be moved away to get at coal seams and mineral deposits.
Dutch: overbelasting
Polish: nadkład
2 overburden
verb
1 overburden
Burden with too much work or responsibility.
Roget 641:
superabound,
overabound†;
know no bounds,
swarm;
meet one at every turn;
creep with,
crawl with,
bristle with;
overflow;
run over,
flow over,
well over,
brim over;
run riot;
overrun,
overstock,
overlay,
overcharge,
overdose,
overfeed,
overburden,
overload,
overdo,
overwhelm,
overshoot the mark
etc.
(go beyond)
303;
surcharge,
supersaturate,
gorge,
glut,
load,
drench,
whelm,
inundate,
deluge,
flood;
drug,
drug the market;
hepatize†.
choke,
cloy,
accloy†,
suffocate;
pile up,
lay on thick;
impregnate with;
lavish
etc.
(squander)
818.
send coals to Newcastle,
carry coals to Newcastle,
carry owls to Athens†;
teach one's grandmother to suck eggs;
pisces natare docere [Lat.];
kill the slain,
gild refined gold,"
gild the lily,"
butter one's bread on both sides,
put butter upon bacon;
employ a steam engine to crack a nut
etc.
(waste)
638.
exaggerate
etc.
549;
wallow in
roll in
etc.
(plenty)
639;
remain on one's hands,
hang heavy on hand,
go a begging.
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Roget 649:
be hurtful
etc.
adj.;
cause evil,
produce evil,
inflict evil,
work evil,
do evil
etc.
619;
damnify†,
endamage†,
hurt,
harm;
injure
etc.
(damage)
659;
pain
etc.
830.
wrong,
aggrieve,
oppress,
persecute;
trample upon,
tread upon,
bear hard upon,
put upon;
overburden;
weigh down,
weigh heavy on;
victimize;
run down;
molest
etc.
830.
maltreat,
abuse;
ill-use,
ill-treat;
buffet,
bruise,
scratch,
maul;
smite
etc.
(scourge)
972;
do violence,
do harm,
do a mischief;
stab,
pierce,
outrage.
do mischief,
make mischief;
bring into trouble.
destroy
etc.
162.
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Roget 688:
be fatigued
etc.
adj.;
yawn
etc.
(get sleepy)
683;
droop,
sink,
flag;
lose breath,
lose wind;
gasp,
pant,
puff,
blow,
drop,
swoon,
faint,
succumb.
fatigue,
tire,
weary,
irk,
flag,
jade,
harass,
exhaust,
knock up,
wear out,
prostrate.
tax,
task,
strain;
overtask,
overwork,
overburden,
overtax,
overstrain.
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2 overburden
Load with excessive weight.
Moby thesaurus: bear hard upon, burden, burthen, charge, choke, congest, cram, crowd, cumber, drench, encumber, freight, glut, gluttonize, go hard with, go ill with, gorge, hamper, handicap, jam, jam-pack, lade, lie on, load, oppress, overcharge, overfeed, overfill, overlade, overload, overstuff, overtax, overweigh, overweight, pack, press hard upon, rest hard upon, saddle, satiate, saturate, soak, stuff, supercharge, supersaturate, surcharge, surfeit, tax, try one, weigh down, weigh heavy on, weigh on, weigh upon ... show more.
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