1500-1600 Past participle of lade ‘to load’(11-21 centuries), from Old Englishhladan
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
the copper-laden earth
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY►fully/heavily laden
The lorry was fully laden.
►snow-laden
snow-laden branches
►debt-laden
a debt-laden company
1 literary heavily loaded with something, or containing a lot of somethingladen with The tables were laden with food.fully/heavily laden The lorry was fully laden.snow-laden branches2having a lot of a particular quality, thing etcladen with She was laden with doubts about the affair. trucks laden with equipment a debt-laden company