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UNBURDEN

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Take the burden off; remove the burden from

Example:

unburden the donkey

Synonyms:

disburden; unburden

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "unburden" is one way to...):

remove; take; take away; withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "unburden"):

lighten (reduce the weight on; make lighter)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody of something

Antonym:

burden (weight down with a load)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Free or relieve (someone) of a burden

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "unburden" is one way to...):

take (take into one's possession)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody of something

Sentence example:

They unburden him of all his money

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