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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Load \Load\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Loaded}; p. pr & vb n.
{Loading}. Loaden is obsolete, and laden belongs to lade.]
1. To lay a load or burden on or in as on a horse or in a
cart; to charge with a load, as a gun; to furnish with a
lading or cargo, as a ship; hence to add weight to so as
to oppress or embarrass; to heap upon
I strive all in vain to load the cart. --Gascoigne.
I have loaden me with many spoils. --Shak.
Those honors deep and broad, wherewith Your majesty
loads our house. --Shak.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
loaded
adj 1: filled with a great quantity; "a tray loaded with dishes";
"table laden with food"; "`ladened' is not current
usage" [syn: {laden}, {ladened}]
2: (of weapons) charged with ammunition; "a loaded gun" [ant: {unloaded}]
3: (of statements or questions) charged with associative
significance and often meant to mislead or influence; "a
loaded question"
4: having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value;
"an affluent banker"; "a speculator flush with cash"; "not
merely rich but loaded"; "moneyed aristocrats"; "wealthy
corporations" [syn: {affluent}, {flush}, {moneyed}, {wealthy}]
5: slang for `drunk' [syn: {besotted}, {blind}, {blind drunk},
{blotto}, {crocked}, {fuddled}, {pissed}, {pixilated}, {plastered},
{potty}, {slopped}, {sloshed}, {smashed}, {soaked}, {soused},
{sozzled}, {squiffy}, {stiff}, {tiddly}, {tiddley}, {tight},
{tipsy}, {wet}]
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