Laden

//ˈleɪdən// adj, verb

adj, verb ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    past participle of lade form-of, participle, past
  2. 2
    To load or charge. archaic, poetic

    "The grass is smoothly cut; the trees are carefully pruned; the flowers, ladening the dreamy air with their perfume, are arranged in studied groups of exquisitely blended colors."

  3. 3
    fill or place a load on wordnet
  4. 4
    remove with or as if with a ladle wordnet
Adjective
  1. 1
    Weighed down with a load, burdened.

    "The other men were variously burthened; some carrying picks and shovels—for that had been the very first necessary they brought ashore from the Hispaniola—others laden with pork, bread, and brandy for the midday meal."

  2. 2
    Heavy.

    "His comments were laden with deeper meaning."

  3. 3
    Oppressed.

    "Thus the red damask curtains which now shut out the fog-laden, drizzling atmosphere of the Marylebone Road, had cost a mere song, and yet they might have been warranted to last another thirty years. A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor;[…]."

  4. 4
    In the form of an adsorbate or adduct.

    "Once laden it is easy to regenerate the adsorbent and retrieve the adsorbed species as a gas."

Adjective
  1. 1
    burdened psychologically or mentally wordnet
  2. 2
    filled with a great quantity wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
oppressedburdenedchargedcumberedencumberedfraught

Antonyms

All antonyms
empty

Example

More examples

"The bedroom was laden with beautiful ornaments."

Etymology

See lade.

Related phrases

debt-ladentheory-ladenvalue-ladenweighed down

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