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单词 disburdens
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

disburdens

verb

present tense third-person singular of disburden
1
as in unloads
to empty or rid of cargo disburdened the oil tanker before it could leak any more oil

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • unloads
  • unlades
  • disencumbers
  • unburdens
  • discharges
  • evacuates
  • unpacks
  • empties
  • off-loads
  • relieves
  • lightens
  • frees
  • voids
  • vacates
  • clears

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • loads
  • packs
  • charges
  • fills
  • jams
  • jam-packs
  • stuffs
  • heaps
  • crams
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2
as in rids
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

  • rids
  • frees
  • disencumbers
  • clears
  • unburdens
  • relieves
  • unfetters
  • manumits
  • uncages
  • divests
  • rescues
  • enfranchises
  • liberates
  • springs
  • unbinds
  • discharges
  • releases
  • emancipates
  • loosens
  • bails (out)
  • looses
  • unchains
  • redeems
  • disengages
  • extricates
  • disentangles
  • delivers

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • burdens
  • weights (down)
  • subjects
  • saddles
  • encumbers
  • hampers
  • restrains
  • weighs down
  • bogs (down)
  • shackles
  • fetters
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