laden Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb remove with or as if with a ladle
    lade; ladle.
    • ladle the water out of the bowl
  2. verb fill or place a load on
    load; lade; load up.
    • load a car
    • load the truck with hay
  3. adjective satellite filled with a great quantity
    loaded; ladened.
    • a tray loaded with dishes
    • table laden with food
    • `ladened' is not current usage
  4. adjective satellite burdened psychologically or mentally
    oppressed.
    • laden with grief
    • oppressed by a sense of failure

WordNet

Lad"en p & adjective
Definitions
  1. Loaded; freighted; burdened; as, a laden vessel; a laden heart.
    Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity. Is. i. 4.
    A ship laden with gold. Shak.

Webster 1913