laden
adjective
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Pronunciation: /ˈleɪdən/ / /ˈleɪdn̩/
adj
Etymology: See lade.
- 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.”
- Heavy.
“His comments were laden with deeper meaning.”
“When applied to other persons, the idea of comfort is an intuitive measure of trustworthiness, reliability, and predictability in a polycentric world that managers often find troubling, ambiguous, and anxiety-laden.”
- 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;[…].”
- 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.”
verb
Etymology: See lade.
- To load or charge.
“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.”