LADEN
What does "LADEN" mean?
Heavily loaded or weighed down with something.
Meanings
- Loaded or burdened with a heavy quantity of something. The branches were laden with ripe apples.
- Filled or charged with an abstract quality, often a heavy one. His apology was laden with quiet regret. figurative
- Archaic past participle of 'lade', to load. The ship was laden with spices from the East. archaic
Did you know?
- 'Laden' is a fossil: it is the old past participle of the nearly extinct verb 'lade' (to load), which survives mainly in the shipping phrase 'bill of lading'.
Word origin
Past participle of the archaic verb 'lade' (to load), from Old English 'hladan' (to load, draw water), of Germanic origin; related to 'load' and 'lading'.
Remember it
LADEN = 'LAID-on'; picture cargo laid on a cart until it is laden and groaning.
A little poem
Boughs bent with the fruit-
the tree that gave the most is
the one closest down.
haiku
What it teaches
What is most full is also most bent; abundance and burden share one weight.
Quick facts
What does LADEN mean?
Heavily loaded or weighed down with something.
Is LADEN a valid word?
Yes — LADEN is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is LADEN?
LADEN has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does LADEN come from?
Past participle of the archaic verb 'lade' (to load), from Old English 'hladan' (to load, draw water), of Germanic origin; related to 'load' and 'lading'.
What can LADEN teach us?
What is most full is also most bent; abundance and burden share one weight.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.