loaded Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb fill or place a load on
    load; lade; load up; laden.
    • load a car
    • load the truck with hay
  2. verb provide (a device) with something necessary
    load; charge.
    • He loaded his gun carefully
    • load the camera
  3. verb transfer from a storage device to a computer's memory
    load.
  4. verb put (something) on a structure or conveyance
    load.
    • load the bags onto the trucks
  5. verb corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones
    load; stretch; dilute; debase; adulterate.
    • adulterate liquor
  6. adjective satellite filled with a great quantity
    ladened; laden.
    • a tray loaded with dishes
    • table laden with food
    • `ladened' is not current usage
  7. adjective (of weapons) charged with ammunition
    • a loaded gun
  8. adjective satellite (of statements or questions) charged with associative significance and often meant to mislead or influence
    • a loaded question
  9. adjective satellite having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value
    moneyed; wealthy; flush; affluent.
    • an affluent banker
    • a speculator flush with cash
    • not merely rich but loaded
    • moneyed aristocrats
    • wealthy corporations
  10. adjective satellite very drunk
    pixilated; sozzled; soaked; tight; soused; sloshed; slopped; blotto; plastered; crocked; besotted; cockeyed; squiffy; wet; pie-eyed; fuddled; smashed; blind drunk; stiff; pissed.

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