loaden
loaden verb: to charge or burden with a load; to burden or freight. Also the past participle of load.
Verb
loaden (third-person singular simple present loadens, present participle loadening, simple past and past participle loadened)
- To charge or burden with a load; to burden or freight
- […] so, this Distemper of theirs was a Provocation to the Lord to vomit them up: as a man that hath taken something, that loadens his stomach, is sick, until he vomit; […]1678, John Ryther, The best friend standing at the door
- […] so the wrong imployment of them, loadens him with more real Misery, than any other Creature: […]1725, Hugh Binning, Heart Humiliation
- To load a gun or pistol
- The drover dodged hastily, seeking the protection of the big egg-stove. "Hold on there!" he shouted. "Meb-be it's loadened."1903, Edward Livermore Burlingame, Robert Bridges, Alfred Dashiell, Scribner's Magazine, volume 33, page 65
Also used as
loaden is also the past participle of load.
Forms of loaden
| third-person singular present | loadens |
|---|---|
| present participle | loadening |
| past participle | loadened |
| past | loadened |
Origin of loaden
From load + -en (“to make like”).
From Middle English *loden, lode, variant of laden, y-lade, from Old English hladen, ġehladen (“loaded, laden”), equivalent to load + -en (past participle ending). Doublet of laden.
Questions about loaden
- What does loaden mean?
- Loaden means to charge or burden with a load; to burden or freight.
- What part of speech is loaden?
- Loaden is a verb.
- What is the past tense of loaden?
- The past tense of loaden is loadened.
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