Meaning & use
laden
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Heavily loaded or weighed down with something, often a large or burdensome quantity.
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The travelers arrived laden with suitcases and souvenirs.
The orchard's branches hung low, laden with ripe apples.
A note on using this word
Almost always followed by "with," and often used figuratively, as in "a sentence laden with meaning."
Words with a similar meaning
loadedburdened
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Words with an opposite meaning
emptyunloaded
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