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单词 disburden
释义

disburden

verb

dis·​bur·​den (ˌ)dis-ˈbər-dᵊn How to pronounce disburden (audio)
disburdened; disburdening; disburdens

transitive verb

1
a
: to rid of a burden
disburden a pack animal
b
: unburden
disburden your conscience
2
: unload
disburdened their merchandise in the town square

intransitive verb

: discharge
the vessels disburdened at the dock
disburdenment
(ˌ)dis-ˈbər-dᵊn-mənt How to pronounce disburden (audio)
noun

Synonyms

  • discharge
  • disencumber
  • off-load
  • unburden
  • unlade
  • unload
  • unpack
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Example Sentences

disburdened the oil tanker before it could leak any more oil the cinema was a place where we could disburden ourselves of our cares, if only for a couple of hours
Recent Examples on the Web This is again a reform that would very much disburden the poor, the crime being so closely linked to their particular distress. Marilynne Robinson, Harper’s Magazine , 20 July 2022

Word History

First Known Use

1532, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a

disburden

verb

1
as in to unload
to empty or rid of cargo disburdened the oil tanker before it could leak any more oil

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • unload
  • unburden
  • disencumber
  • unlade
  • discharge
  • evacuate
  • unpack
  • off-load
  • relieve
  • lighten
  • free
  • empty
  • void
  • vacate
  • clear

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • load
  • pack
  • charge
  • heap
  • fill
  • cram
  • stuff
  • jam
  • jam-pack
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2
as in to relieve
to set (a person or thing) free of something that encumbers the cinema was a place where we could disburden ourselves of our cares, if only for a couple of hours

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • relieve
  • rid
  • free
  • unburden
  • disencumber
  • clear
  • divest
  • unfetter
  • liberate
  • manumit
  • emancipate
  • uncage
  • enfranchise
  • unchain
  • unbind
  • rescue
  • loosen
  • discharge
  • loose
  • redeem
  • extricate
  • spring
  • release
  • disengage
  • disentangle
  • deliver
  • bail (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • burden
  • encumber
  • restrain
  • saddle
  • subject
  • hamper
  • weight (down)
  • bog (down)
  • fetter
  • shackle
  • weigh down
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