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Meaning of laden

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

laden

Pronunciation:/ˈleɪdən/

verb

Definitions

  1. To fill or load (related to cargo or a shipment).

  2. To weigh down, oppress, or burden.

  3. To use a ladle or dipper to remove something (generally water).

    Example: to lade water out of a tub, or into a cistern

  4. To transfer (molten glass) from the pot to the forming table, in making plate glass.

adjective

Definitions

  1. Weighed down with a load, burdened.

  2. Heavy.

    Example: His comments were laden with deeper meaning.

  3. Oppressed.

  4. In the form of an adsorbate or adduct.

    Example: Once laden it is easy to regenerate the adsorbent and retrieve the adsorbed species as a gas.