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laden¹ Definition

laden (lād'n)

adjective

  1. loaded
  2. burdened; afflicted laden with sorrow

laden² Definition

laden (lād'n)

transitive verb, intransitive verb

Rare lade

laden Synonyms

laden

modif.

weighted, loaded, burdened; see full 1.

laden Usage Examples

Preposition: with

  • flour: American schooner Sally, from Norfolk; laden with flour, captured by the boats of the squadron same date.
  • luggage: So will holding a door open for someone who is pushing a pram or laden with luggage.
  • corn: Abu ' Obeida brought 4000 beasts of burden laden with corn from Syria, which he 154 distributed himself among the famished people.
  • merchandise: Two brothers celebrate the safe arrival home of their ship, laden with exotic merchandise.
  • cargo: At the time of her arrest, the vessel was laden with a cargo of bananas for discharge in Germany.
  • explosive: The eldest, Joe Jnr, died in 1944, aged 29, flying a plane laden with explosives.

Modifies a noun

  • wagon: The decent of the laden wagon under gravity thus raised the empty wagon to the top.
  • tanker: An example may be a laden tanker passing through the Dover Straits.
  • donkey: Showing a woman posing beside her laden donkey, with three figures standing in the background.
  • barge: At some point a winch was installed adjacent to Windsor Bridge to help drag the laden barges upstream against the current.
  • cart: The large doorway at the front of the building enabled fully laden carts to enter.
  • weight: Best practice is usually to limit the actual laden weight being towed to no more than 85 % of the tow car curb weight.

Modifying Another Word

  • heavily: Plum Roma are looking well, heavily laden they promise a really good crop.
  • richly: She was a Ship of 22 Guns, richly laden from Old Spain.
  • lightly: All you have to do is select a walk and turn up, lightly laden, at the right place.
  • fully: He's now fully laden with cans of beer.
  • already: I watched a woman walk past a lingerie store, already laden with bags.
  • so: They should not be left to drift in a world so laden with moral dangers.

Used with adjective complement

  • come: I expect you will come back laden with interesting plants for your garden.
  • return: With no luggage limits you can also return laden with wonderful gastronomic souvenirs!
laden Quotes

With rue my heart is laden For golden friends I had, For manya rose-lipt maiden And many a lightfoot lad.

—Housman, A(lfred) E(dward)

Browse dictionary entries near laden

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  3. laddering
  4. ladder truck
  5. ladder stitch
  6. ladder option
  7. ladder-back chair
  8. ladder
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  10. lad
  1. -laden
  2. Ladies'
  3. ladies' room
  4. ladies'-tresses
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  8. ladle
  9. Ladoga
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