laden
/ˈleɪdən/
Dictionary
verb
- To fill or load (related to cargo or a shipment).
- To weigh down, oppress, or burden.
- To use a ladle or dipper to remove something (generally water).
"to lade water out of a tub, or into a cistern"
- To transfer (molten glass) from the pot to the forming table, in making plate glass.
- To admit water by leakage.
adjective
- Weighed down with a load, burdened.
- Heavy.
"His comments were laden with deeper meaning."
- Oppressed.
- In the form of an adsorbate or adduct.
"Once laden it is easy to regenerate the adsorbent and retrieve the adsorbed species as a gas."
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