adj
Meaning 1
Weighed down with a load, burdened.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
laden
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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/ˈleɪdən/
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colloquial: /ˈleɪdn̩/
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rhymes with -eɪdən
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CMU ARPABET: L EY1 D AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Heavy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- His comments were laden with deeper meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Oppressed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 4
In the form of an adsorbate or adduct.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
Examples
- Once laden it is easy to regenerate the adsorbent and retrieve the adsorbed species as a gas.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
past participle of lade
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 6
To load or charge.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, poetic
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 7
burdened psychologically or mentally
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- laden with grief
- oppressed by a sense of failure
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: oppressed
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 8
filled with a great quantity
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a tray loaded with dishes
- table laden with food
- `ladened' is not current usage
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: loaded, ladened
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 9
fill or place a load on
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- load a car
- load the truck with hay
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: load, lade, load up
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: fill, fill up, make full
Narrower terms: pack, load down, bomb up, overload, surcharge, overcharge, reload, stack
verb
Meaning 10
remove with or as if with a ladle
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- ladle the water out of the bowl
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ladle, lade
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: remove, take, take away, withdraw
Narrower terms: slop
History
Etymology
See lade.
Across languages
Translations
24 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: натоварен (natovaren) — weighed down with a load, burdened
- Bulgarian: отрупан (otrupan) — weighed down with a load, burdened
- Catalan: carregat — weighed down with a load, burdened
- Dutch: geladen — weighed down with a load, burdened
- Esperanto: ŝarĝita — weighed down with a load, burdened
- Estonian: koorem, kohustus — weighed down with a load, burdened
- French: chargé — weighed down with a load, burdened
- French: alourdi — weighed down with a load, burdened
- German: beladen — weighed down with a load, burdened
- German: belastet — weighed down with a load, burdened
- Gothic: 𐌷𐌰𐍆𐍄𐍃 (hafts) — weighed down with a load, burdened
- Latin: onustus — weighed down with a load, burdened
- Māori: tōpaparu — weighed down with a load, burdened
- Māori: paruparu — weighed down with a load, burdened
- Norwegian: nedlastet — weighed down with a load, burdened
- Portuguese: carregado — weighed down with a load, burdened
- Romanian: încărcat — weighed down with a load, burdened
- Spanish: cargado — weighed down with a load, burdened
- Spanish: fletado — weighed down with a load, burdened
- Dutch: geladen — heavy
- Dutch: zwaar — heavy
- Estonian: raske — heavy
- French: chargé — heavy
- German: schwer — heavy
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