laden
part of speech
adjective (laden); old past participle of lade
meaning for a pupil
1) Carrying a heavy load; full of something. tree →
2) Weighed down with a lot of something, often a worry or feeling. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It means loaded, as with the ten asses that Joseph sent to his father carrying the good things of Egypt. The prophets and writings also use it for a person loaded with something, such as silver or guilt for bloodshed, and for oxen heavy with produce. Interpretation: The commentators read the gift as a sign of Joseph's love and his wish to honour his father. Proverbs' man "laden with blood" is read as a murderer whose guilt weighs on him, and Zephaniah's "laden with silver" as the merchants who will be cut off. In the primary lessons: In stories and history: ships and carts laden with goods; in nature writing, trees laden with fruit or snow. In news and health, «sugar-laden» or «fat-laden» food means food with a lot of sugar or fat. Phrases: laden with, heavily laden, sugar-laden, guilt-laden.
examples
- And to his father he sent in like manner ten asses laden with the good things of Egypt, and ten she-asses laden with corn and bread and victual for his father by the way. (Torah GEN.45.23, JPS 1917) tree →
- Whose oxen are well laden; with no breach, and no going forth, and no outcry in our broad places; (Writings PSA.144.14, JPS 1917) tree →
- A man that is laden with the blood of any person shall hasten his steps unto the pit; none will support him. (Writings PRO.28.17, JPS 1917) tree →
- Wail, ye inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the merchant people are undone; all they that were laden with silver are cut off. (Prophets ZEP.1.11, JPS 1917) tree →
- The ship was laden with gold and spices. tree →
- The apple tree was laden with fruit. tree →
- We came home laden with shopping bags. tree →
- Snow-laden branches bent towards the ground. tree →
- Sugar-laden drinks are bad for your teeth. tree →
- The camels walked slowly, heavily laden. tree →
- He came back laden with guilt after the lie. tree →
- TWO MULES well-laden with packs were trudging along. tree →
note
Usually after a verb or with «with»: «laden with apples». Pronounced LAY-den. A little old-fashioned or literary; everyday words are «loaded», «full of». As a suffix: sugar-laden, debt-laden.
In the corpora
- Whose oxen are well laden; with no breach, and no going forth, and no outcry in our broad places;
- A man that is laden with the blood of any person shall hasten his steps unto the pit; none will support him.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «laden» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.