[syn: laden, oppressed]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
laden
adj 1: filled with a great quantity; "a tray loaded with
dishes"; "table laden with food"; "`ladened' is not
current usage" [syn: laden, loaded, ladened]
2: burdened psychologically or mentally; "laden with grief";
"oppressed by a sense of failure" [syn: laden, oppressed]
v 1: remove with or as if with a ladle; "ladle the water out of
the bowl" [syn: ladle, lade, laden]
2: fill or place a load on; "load a car"; "load the truck with
hay" [syn: load, lade, laden, load up]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
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