fraught
[ frawt ]
/ frɔt /
adjective
Archaic. filled or laden (with): ships fraught with precious wares.
noun
Scot. a load; cargo; freight (of a ship).
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Idioms for fraught
fraught with, full of; accompanied by; involving: a task fraught with danger.
Origin of fraught
1300–50; Middle English < Middle Dutch or Middle Low German vracht freight money, freight; compare Old High German frēht earnings, Old English ǣht possession
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British Dictionary definitions for fraught
fraught
/ (frɔːt) /
adjective
(usually postpositive and foll by with) filled or charged; attendeda venture fraught with peril
informal showing or producing tension or anxietyshe looks rather fraught; a fraught situation
archaic (usually postpositive and foll by with) freighted
noun
an obsolete word for freight
Word Origin for fraught
C14: from Middle Dutch vrachten, from vracht freight
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