laden

UK /ˈleɪdən/ US /ˈleɪdən/
adj 4verb 1

Definitions

adj

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

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

Oppressed.

Thus the red damask curtains which now shut out the fog-laden, drizzling atmosphere of the Marylebone Road, had cost a mere song, and yet they might have been warranted to last another thirty years. A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor;[…].

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.

verb

1

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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