loaded
/ˈloʊ.dɪd/ adjective B2- Burdened by some heavy load; packed. · Let’s leave the TV; the car is loaded already.
- Having a live round of ammunition in the chamber. · No funny business; this heater’s loaded!
- Possessing great wealth. · He sold his business a couple of years ago and is just loaded.
- Drunk. · By the end of the evening, the guests in the club were really loaded.
- Pertaining to a situation where there is a runner at each of the three bases. · It's bottom of the ninth, the bases are loaded and there are two outs.
- Of a die or dice: weighted asymmetrically, and so biased to produce predictable throws. · He was playing with loaded dice and won a fortune.
- Designed to produce a predictable answer, or to lay a trap. · That interviewer is tricky; he asks loaded questions.
- 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. · "Ignorant" is a loaded word, often implying lack of intelligence rather than just lack of knowledge.
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At first the little creatures, many though they were, could hardly stir the heavily loaded truck; but the Woodman and the Scarecrow both pushed from behind, and they got along better.
I know she was loaded with cotton, and that she took in her freight at Alexandria from Pastret’s warehouse, and at Smyrna from Pascal’s; that is all I was obliged to know, and I beg I may not be asked for any further particulars.”
Five little fiddlers played as loudly as possible, and the people were laughing and singing, while a big table near by was loaded with delicious fruits and nuts, pies and cakes, and many other good things to eat.
After a while he awoke, and looking upon the Sea, loaded it with reproaches.
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