laden

«laden» in Mova's school dictionary: Carrying a heavy load; full of something — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

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 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

• 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.