laden
Use Laden in a sentence
n adjective
1.
burdened; loaded down.
verb (used with object)
2.
to lade.
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verb (used with object)
1.
to put (something) on or in, as a burden, load, or cargo; load.
2.
to load oppressively; burden (used chiefly in the passive): laden with many responsibilities.
3.
to fill or cover abundantly (used chiefly in the passive): trees laden with fruit; a man laden with honors.
4.
to lift or throw in or out, as a fluid, with a ladle or other utensil.
verb (used without object)
5.
to take on a load.
6.
to lade a liquid.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English laden, Old English hladan to load, draw up (water); cognate with Dutch laden, German laden, Old Norse hlatha to load. Cf. ladle
before 900; Middle English laden, Old English hladan to load, draw up (water); cognate with Dutch laden, German laden, Old Norse hlatha to load. Cf. ladle
Related forms
lad·er, noun
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lade1 (leɪd) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb (and foll by with) (and foll by with) , lades, lading, laded, laden, laded | |
| 1. | to put cargo or freight on board (a ship, etc) or (of a ship, etc) to take on cargo or freight |
| 2. | to burden or oppress |
| 3. | to fill or load |
| 4. | to remove (liquid) with or as if with a ladle |
| [Old English hladen to load; related to Dutch laden] | |
| 'lader1 | |
| —n | |
| lade2 (led, leɪd) | |
| —n | |
| (Scot) a watercourse, esp a millstream | |
| [of uncertain origin] | |
| laden (ˈleɪdən) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | a past participle of lade |
| —adj | |
| 2. | weighed down with a load; loaded |
| 3. | encumbered; burdened |
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Word Origin & History
lade
O.E. hladan (past tense hlod, pp. gehladen) "to load, heap" (the general Gmc. sense), also "to draw water" (a meaning peculiar to Eng.), from P.Gmc. *khlad- (cf. O.N. hlaða, O.Fris. hlada, O.H.G. hladen, Ger. laden), from PIE *klat- (cf. Lith. kloti "to spread," O.C.S. klado "to set, place").
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Example sentences
First, there are too many cultural laden definitions at play.
Boys with pushcarts scurried past donkeys laden with wares.
It is one of the oldest forms of art, laden with as many different meanings as there are global cultures.
In these cases, decision trees can be complicated tools, laden with mathematics and computer science.
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