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lad·en

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–adjective

1.	burdened; loaded down.

–verb (used with object)

to lade.

[Origin: 1585–95; lade + -en³, -en¹

]

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lade

Audio Help [leyd] Pronunciation Key verb, lad·ed, lad·en or lad·ed, lad·ing.

–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: bef. 900; ME laden, OE hladan to load, draw up (water); c. D laden, G laden, ON hlatha to load. Cf. ladle

]

—Related forms

lader, noun

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lade Audio Help   (lād) Pronunciation Key
v.   lad·ed, lad·en (lād'n) or lad·ed, lad·ing, lades

v.   tr.

1. To load with or as if with cargo.
2. To place (something) as a load for or as if for shipment.
To burden or oppress; weigh down.
To take up or remove (water) with a ladle or dipper.

v. intr.

To take on cargo.
To ladle a liquid.

[Middle English laden, from Old English hladan.]

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lad·en Audio Help   (lād'n) Pronunciation Key
v.   A past participle of lade.

adj.

Weighed down with a load; heavy: "the warmish air, laden with the rains of those thousands of miles of western sea" (Hilaire Belloc).
Oppressed; burdened: laden with grief.

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

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laden [ˈleidn] adjective

carrying a lot; heavily loaded (with)
Example: People left the shops laden with purchases; Several laden lorries turned out of the yard.

Arabic:	مُحَمَّل ب
Chinese (Simplified):	装满了的
Chinese (Traditional):	裝滿的
Czech:	naložený
Danish:	belæsset
Dutch:	zwaar beladen
Estonian:	täislaaditud
Finnish:	lastattu
French:	chargé
German:	beladen
Greek:	φορτωμένος
Hungarian:	megrakott
Icelandic:	hlaðinn
Indonesian:	sarat
Italian:	carico

Japanese:	荷を積んだ
Korean:	(짐을) 실은, (책임 등의) 무거운 짐이 지워진
Latvian:	piekrauts; apkrauts
Lithuanian:	apsikrovęs, sunkiai prikrautas
Norwegian:	tungt lastet, nedlesset
Polish:	obładowany
Portuguese (Brazil):	carregado
Portuguese (Portugal):	carregado
Romanian:	încărcat (cu); plin (de)
Russian:	нагруженный
Slovak:	naložený
Slovenian:	natovorjen
Spanish:	cargado (de)
Swedish:	lastad
Turkish:	…(ile) yüklü