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laden
/ˈleɪdən/
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What does laden mean?
adjective
- Weighed down with a load, burdened.
- Heavy.
- Oppressed.
More meanings (3)
adjective
- In the form of an adsorbate or adduct.
verb
- past participle of lade
- (archaic) To load or charge.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈleɪdən/
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The waiter, an undersized youth with a flat, spotty face, hurried to and fro carrying a tray laden with glasses of beer.
But Astor closed his eyes and saw pack-trains, mules laden with skins, winding across these mountains, and down to tide-water at Astoria.
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To dream of this little flower starring the grass at your feet, is an omen of joys laden with comfort and peace.
"We desire nothing of your Majesty," says Candide, "but a few sheep laden with provisions, pebbles, and the earth of this country."
Green speaks of a woman, nine months pregnant, who was run over by a heavily laden stage-coach in the streets of Southwark.