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heavy-laden

[hev-ee-leyd-n]

heav·y-lad·en

[hev-ee-leyd-n]
adjective
1.
carrying a heavy load; heavily laden: a heavy-laden cart.
2.
very tired or troubled; burdened: heavy-laden with care.

Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English hevy ladyn. See heavy, laden
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heavy-laden

adjective
1. burdened by cares; "all ye that labor and are heavy-laden"-Matt.11:28 [syn: care-laden
2. bearing a physically heavy weight or load; "tree limbs burdened with ice"; "a heavy-laden cart"; "loaded down with packages" [syn: burdened
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