laden

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Weighed down with a load, burdened.

   • The other men were variously burthened; some carrying picks and shovels—for that had been the very first necessary they brought ashore from the Hispaniola—others laden with pork, bread, and brandy for the midday meal.
2. 2

   Heavy.

   • His comments were laden with deeper meaning.
   • When applied to other persons, the idea of comfort is an intuitive measure of trustworthiness, reliability, and predictability in a polycentric world that managers often find troubling, ambiguous, and anxiety-laden.
3. 3

   Oppressed.

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   1. 4

      In the form of an adsorbate or adduct.

      • Once laden it is easy to regenerate the adsorbent and retrieve the adsorbed species as a gas.
   2. 5

      past participle of lade

   3. 6

      To load or charge.

      • The grass is smoothly cut; the trees are carefully pruned; the flowers, ladening the dreamy air with their perfume, are arranged in studied groups of exquisitely blended colors.

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