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• past tense form of load.
• past participle of load.

loaded

American  

[loh-did] / ˈloʊ dɪd /

adjective

1. bearing or having a load; full.

   a loaded bus.

2. containing ammunition or an explosive charge.

   a loaded rifle.

3. (of a word, statement, or argument) charged with emotional or associative significance that hinders rational or unprejudiced consideration of the terms involved in a discourse.

4. Slang.

   1. having a great deal of money; rich.

   2. under the influence of alcohol; drunk; intoxicated.

   3. under the influence of drugs.

5. Baseball. having a runner on each of the three bases.

   Bowden walks, and now the bases are loaded.

6. (of dice) fraudulently weighted so as to increase the chances of certain combinations to appear face up when the dice are thrown.

7. (of a product, building, etc.) including many extra features, accessories, luxuries, or the like.

   Dad’s new car is fully loaded with front and rear cameras, touchscreen navigation, heated seats, and a moonroof.

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idioms

1. loaded for bear, bear.

loaded British  

/ ˈləʊdɪd /

adjective

1. carrying a load

2. (of dice, a roulette wheel, etc) weighted or otherwise biased

3. (of a question or statement) containing a hidden trap or implication

4. charged with ammunition

5. (of concrete) containing heavy metals, esp iron or lead, for use in making radiation shields

6. slang wealthy

7. slang (postpositive)

   1. drunk

   2. drugged; influenced by drugs

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Other Word Forms

• well-loaded
  adjective

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Etymology

Origin of loaded

First recorded in 1655–65; 1940–45 loaded for def. 4; load + -ed ²

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Example Sentences

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loaded

“But more often I feel like a gradually loaded container of years. I need to walk slowly or I’ll spill over.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

"Two trains were on either side of the platform. One was being loaded by heavy goods vehicles ahead of a cross-Channel journey, and another train that had previously been loaded was departing," Cury said.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

Back in March, the U.S. said it would temporarily allow Russia to sell oil that had already been loaded onto tankers at sea.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026

The port handled 371,000 empty containers last month and exported 126,000 loaded containers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

I stopped to watch as two men carried out a tapestried sofa and loaded it into the back of a large delivery truck.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

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