Definition of LADEN

laden

Verb

Verb Forms: ladened, ladening, ladens

  • To heavily load or burden something.
  • remove with or as if with a ladle
  • fill or place a load on
  • remove with or as if with a ladle
  • fill or place a load on
  • past participle of lade
  • To load or charge.

Adjective Satellite

  • filled with a great quantity
    • "table laden with food"
    • "`ladened' is not current usage"
  • burdened psychologically or mentally
    • "laden with grief"

Adj

  • Weighed down with a load, burdened.
  • Heavy.
  • Oppressed.
  • In the form of an adsorbate or adduct.

Examples

  • His comments were laden with deeper meaning.
  • His rack was LADENED with difficult letters, challenging his Scrabble strategy.
  • Once laden it is easy to regenerate the adsorbent and retrieve the adsorbed species as a gas.

Origin / Etymology

See lade.

Synonyms

lade, ladened, ladle, load, load up, loaded, oppressed

Scrabble Score: 6

laden: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
laden: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
laden: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 8

laden: valid Words With Friends Word