verb
1. remove with or as if with a ladle
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ladle the water out of the bowl
• Hyponyms: ↑slop
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something
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Somebody ——s something PP
2. fill or place a load on
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load a car
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load the truck with hay
• Derivationally related forms: ↑lading (for: ↑lade), ↑load (for: ↑load), ↑loader (for: ↑load), ↑loading (for: ↑load)
• Hyponyms:
• Verb Frames:
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Something ——s
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Somebody ——s something PP
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Somebody ——s something with something
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They laden the cart with boxes
adjective
1. filled with a great quantity (Freq. 3)
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a tray loaded with dishes
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table laden with food
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`ladened' is not current usage
• Similar to: ↑full
2. burdened psychologically or mentally
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laden with grief
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oppressed by a sense of failure
• Syn: ↑oppressed
• Similar to: ↑burdened
Useful english dictionary. 2012.