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| laden | |
| 1. adj. Weighed down with a load, burdened. |  |
| 2. adj. Heavy. | |
| His comments were laden with deeper meaning. | |
| 3. adj. Oppressed. | |
| 4. adj. (chemistry) 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. | |
| lade | |
| 1. v. To fill or load (related to cargo or a shipment). | |
| 2. v. To weigh down, oppress, or burden. | |
| 3. v. To use a ladle or dipper to remove something (generally water). | |
| to lade water out of a tub, or into a cistern | |
| 4. v. To transfer (molten glass) from the pot to the forming table, in making plate glass. | |
| 5. v. (nautical) To admit water by leakage. | |
| 6. n. (Scotland) A load. | |
| 7. n. (dialect) The mouth of a river. | |
| 8. n. (dialect) A passage for water; a ditch or drain. | |
| 9. n. (Scottish) Water pumped into and out of mills, especially woolen mills. | |
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