laden

American  

[leyd-n] / ˈleɪd n /

adjective

1. burdened; loaded down.

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verb (used with object)

1. to lade.

laden British  

/ ˈleɪdən /

verb

1. a past participle of lade 1

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adjective

1. weighed down with a load; loaded

2. encumbered; burdened

Other Word Forms

• unladen adjective

Etymology

Origin of laden

First recorded in 1585–95; lade + -en ³, -en ¹

Example Sentences

With imaginative sympathy Tolstoy becomes a general in battle, a young girl at her first ball, a disillusioned prince, a drunkard, a lover—often amid a backdrop “laden with snow.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Rails of coats line the room, with a very popular table in the centre, laden with children's jackets.

From BBC

Mining sites pop up wherever local people find deposits in this land laden with riches - on farmland, in former graveyards and along riverbeds.

From BBC

Investors seem to have soured on some of the top IPOs because many of them are still less mature companies that are laden with risk.

From Barron's

Having already been threatened with prosecution, however, Ian said they knew the process of returning Liam to care would be "adversarial" and "laden with threats and misleading bullying tactics".

From BBC