Laden

6 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Laden \Lad"en\, p. & a.
     Loaded; freighted; burdened; as, a laden vessel; a laden
     heart.
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           Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity. --Is.


                                                    i. 4.
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           A ship laden with gold.                  --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Lade \Lade\ (l[=a]d), v. t. [imp. {Laded}; p. p. {Laded},
     {Laden} (l[=a]d'n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Lading}.] [AS. hladan to
     heap, load, draw (water); akin to D. & G. laden to load, OHG.
     hladan, ladan, Icel. hla[eth]a, Sw. ladda, Dan. lade, Goth.
     afhla[thorn]an. Cf. {Load}, {Ladle}, {Lathe} for turning,
     {Last} a load.]
     1. To load; to put a burden or freight on or in; -- generally
        followed by that which receives the load, as the direct
        object.
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              And they laded their asses with the corn. --Gen.
                                                    xlii. 26.
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     2. To throw in or out, with a ladle or dipper; to dip; as, to
        lade water out of a tub, or into a cistern.
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              And chides the sea that sunders him from thence,
              Saying, he'll lade it dry to have his way. --Shak.
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     3. (Plate Glass Manuf.) To transfer (the molten glass) from
        the pot to the forming table.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  lade
       v 1: remove with or as if with a ladle; "ladle the water out of
            the bowl" [syn: {ladle}, {laden}]
       2: fill or place a load on; "load a car"; "load the truck with
          hay" [syn: {load}, {laden}, {load up}]
       [also: {laden}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  laden
       See {lade}

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  25 Moby Thesaurus words for "laden":
     burdened, charged, cumbered, encumbered, fraught, freighted,
     full-charged, full-fraught, hampered, heavy-laden, loaded,
     oppressed, overburdened, overcharged, overfraught, overfreighted,
     overladen, overloaded, overtaxed, overweighted, saddled,
     supercharged, taxed, weighted, weighted down