noun

1. a method or service for transporting goods, esp. bulky goods, by water, land, or air: freight is usually cheaper but slower than express
2. the cost for such transportation
3. the goods transported; lading; cargo
4. ☆ freight train
5. any load or burden

Etymology: ME freit, fraught < MDu vracht: see fraught

transitive verb

1. to load with freight
2. to load; burden
3. to transport as or send by freight