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laden

/ˈleɪdən/

verb

Meaning

  • 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

Meaning

  • 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."