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HEAVY-LADEN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does heavy-laden mean?
• HEAVY-LADEN (adjective)
The adjective HEAVY-LADEN has 2 senses:
1. burdened by cares
2. bearing a physically heavy weight or load
Familiarity information: HEAVY-LADEN used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Burdened by cares
Synonyms:
care-laden; heavy-laden
Context example:
all ye that labor and are heavy-laden
Similar:
troubled (characterized by or indicative of distress or affliction or danger or need)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Bearing a physically heavy weight or load
Synonyms:
burdened; heavy-laden; loaded down
Context example:
loaded down with packages
Similar:
encumbered (loaded to excess or impeded by a heavy load)
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