<p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>To load with too great a burden; overload: "He was overburdened with cares."</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>An excessive burden.</li><li>Also called burden, capping.</li><li>In mining, waste earth and rock covering a mineral deposit.</li></ul><p><strong>End of Response</strong></p>