Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Carrying a load.
- adjective Equipped with many accessories or features.
- adjective Unbalanced because of added weight. Used of dice.
- adjective Having great meaning, seriousness, or implication.
- adjective Slang Drunk or intoxicated.
- adjective Slang Having a great deal of money; rich.
from The Century Dictionary.
- An obsolete variant of
loded . - Coated with external growths, as shells; clogged up: said of oysters.
- Full of liquor; drunk.
- Filled with extraneous substances, especially for the purpose of fraudulently increasing the weight.
- Coated or furred: noting a condition of the tongue.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective containing as much or as many as is possible; -- of containers, vehicles, trays, etc.
- adjective containing a shell or an explosive charge ready for firing; -- of firearms. Opposite of
unloaded . - adjective charged with associative significance and often meant to mislead or influence; -- of statements or questions.
- adjective having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value.
- adjective slang very drunk.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
load . - adjective
Burdened by someheavy load ;packed . - adjective of a projectile weapon Having a live
round ofammunition in thechamber ;armed . - adjective slang Possessing great
wealth . - adjective slang
Drunk . - adjective baseball Pertaining to a situation where there is a runner at each of the three bases.
- adjective gaming, also used figuratively
Weighted asymmetrically , and sobiased to produce predictable throws. - adjective of a question Designed to produce a predictable answer, or to lay a trap.
- adjective of a word or phrase Having strong
connotations that colour the literal meaning and are likely to provoke an emotional response. Sometimes used loosely to describe a word that simply has many different meanings. - adjective Equipped with numerous options;
deluxe .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective very drunk
- adjective having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value
- adjective (of weapons) charged with ammunition
- adjective (of statements or questions) charged with associative significance and often meant to mislead or influence
- adjective filled with a great quantity
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Examples
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Eyck in the National Gallery all the brilliant lights are loaded; mere white, Mr. Eastlake himself admits, was always so; and we believe that the flesh-color and carnations are painted with color as _opaque_ as the white head-dress, but fail of brilliancy from not being _loaded enough_; the white ground beneath being utterly unable to add to the power of such tints, while its effect on more subdued tones depended in great measure on its receiving a transparent coat of warm color first.
On the Old Road Vol. 1 (of 2) A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays and Articles on Art and Literature John Ruskin 1859
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The man in the story is said to be "occupied" by a demon, a word loaded with meaning both then and now, especially among people whose land was under foreign occupation.
Shane Claiborne: Exorcise Wall Street Shane Claiborne 2012
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“You serious?” one of the men asked, his expression loaded with doubt.
Hell’s Gate Stephen Frey 2009
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“You serious?” one of the men asked, his expression loaded with doubt.
Hell’s Gate Stephen Frey 2009
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“You serious?” one of the men asked, his expression loaded with doubt.
Hell’s Gate Stephen Frey 2009
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For a long moment, he watched her, his expression loaded with hostility.
Unforgivable Laura Griffin 2008
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The man in the story is said to be "occupied" by a demon, a word loaded with meaning both then and now, especially among people whose land was under foreign occupation.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Shane Claiborne 2012
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The word loaded, as it has always been between the two of us, as writers.
Hollywood Savage Kristin McCloy 2010
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The word loaded, as it has always been between the two of us, as writers.
Hollywood Savage Kristin McCloy 2010
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Rationalizing a term loaded with potential meanings or embracing it wholeheartedly suggests that the comfortable members of the majority group within the province are largely blind to the implications for society as a whole.
Money and the ethnic vote: Part 1 of 3 Ed Hollett 2007
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