Words / B2

LAYDN/ˈleɪdn/

Laden means heavily loaded, often with something unwelcome: a tray laden with samples; debt-laden. Loaded is close; full is weaker. A debt-laden trust still printed a glossy prospectus. Mix-up: laid is the past of lay; Latin is the language. Do not write laden for a light backpack.

Meaning

Heavily loaded with something (often metaphorical: debt-laden).

Examples

• “A debt-laden trust still published a glossy prospectus.”
• “The tray was laden with ice-core samples, which is the physical sense.”

Good to know

laden with; debt-laden / grief-laden. Close: loaded. Trap: laid / Latin. Business, news, and labs. Heavy with X, not merely “busy”.

Near in meaning

loaded

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