laden

4 definitions found

laden - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Laden \Lad"en\, p. & a.
     Loaded; freighted; burdened; as, a laden vessel; a laden
     heart.
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           Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity. --Is.
                                                    i. 4.
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           A ship laden with gold.                  --Shak.
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  Lade \Lade\ (l[=a]d), v. t. [imp. Laded; p. p. Laded,
     Laden (l[=a]d'n); p. pr. & vb. n. Lading.] [AS. hladan to
     heap, load, draw (water); akin to D. & G. laden to load, OHG.
     hladan, ladan, Icel. hla[eth]a, Sw. ladda, Dan. lade, Goth.
     afhla[thorn]an. Cf. Load, Ladle, Lathe for turning,
     Last a load.]
     1. To load; to put a burden or freight on or in; -- generally
        followed by that which receives the load, as the direct
        object.
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              And they laded their asses with the corn. --Gen.
                                                    xlii. 26.
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     2. To throw in or out, with a ladle or dipper; to dip; as, to
        lade water out of a tub, or into a cistern.
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              And chides the sea that sunders him from thence,
              Saying, he'll lade it dry to have his way. --Shak.
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     3. (Plate Glass Manuf.) To transfer (the molten glass) from
        the pot to the forming table.
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laden - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  laden
      adj 1: filled with a great quantity; "a tray loaded with
             dishes"; "table laden with food"; "`ladened' is not
             current usage" [syn: laden, loaded, ladened]
      2: burdened psychologically or mentally; "laden with grief";
         "oppressed by a sense of failure" [syn: laden, oppressed]
      v 1: remove with or as if with a ladle; "ladle the water out of
           the bowl" [syn: ladle, lade, laden]
      2: fill or place a load on; "load a car"; "load the truck with
         hay" [syn: load, lade, laden, load up]

laden - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  25 Moby Thesaurus words for "laden":
     burdened, charged, cumbered, encumbered, fraught, freighted,
     full-charged, full-fraught, hampered, heavy-laden, loaded,
     oppressed, overburdened, overcharged, overfraught, overfreighted,
     overladen, overloaded, overtaxed, overweighted, saddled,
     supercharged, taxed, weighted, weighted down