dictionary definitions for "loaded"


From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:

  loaded
      adj 1: filled with a great quantity; "a tray loaded with dishes";
             "table laden with food"; "`ladened' is not current
             usage" [syn: laden, ladened]
      2: (of weapons) charged with ammunition; "a loaded gun" [ant:
         unloaded]
      3: (of statements or questions) charged with associative
         significance and often meant to mislead or influence; "a
         loaded question"
      4: having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value;
         "an affluent banker"; "a speculator flush with cash"; "not
         merely rich but loaded"; "moneyed aristocrats"; "wealthy
         corporations" [syn: affluent, flush, moneyed,
         wealthy]
      5: very drunk [syn: besotted, blind drunk, blotto,
         crocked, cockeyed, fuddled, pie-eyed, pissed,
         pixilated, plastered, potty, slopped, sloshed,
         smashed, soaked, soused, sozzled, squiffy,
         stiff, tiddly, tiddley, tight, tipsy, wet]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Load \Load\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Loaded; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Loading. Loaden is obsolete, and laden belongs to lade.]
     1. To lay a load or burden on or in, as on a horse or in a
        cart; to charge with a load, as a gun; to furnish with a
        lading or cargo, as a ship; hence, to add weight to, so as
        to oppress or embarrass; to heap upon.
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              I strive all in vain to load the cart. --Gascoigne.
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              I have loaden me with many spoils.    --Shak.
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              Those honors deep and broad, wherewith
              Your majesty loads our house.         --Shak.
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     2. To adulterate or drug; as, to load wine. [Cant]
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     3. To magnetize. [Obs.] --Prior.
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     Loaded dice, dice with one side made heavier than the
        others, so that the number on the opposite side will come
        up oftenest.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  loaded \loaded\ adj.
     1. containing as much or as many as is possible; -- of
        containers, vehicles, trays, etc.; as, a tray loaded with
        dishes
  
     Syn: laden.
          [WordNet 1.5]
  
     2. containing a shell or an explosive charge ready for
        firing; -- of firearms. Opposite of unloaded.
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     3. charged with associative significance and often meant to
        mislead or influence; -- of statements or questions; as, a
        loaded question.
        WordNet 1.5]
  
     4. having an abundant supply of money or possessions of
        value; as, She was not merely rich but loaded.
  
     Syn: affluent, flush, moneyed, wealthy.
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     5. very drunk. [slang]
  
     Syn: blotto, crocked, fuddled, pissed, pixilated, plastered,
          potty, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soused, sozzled,
          squiffy, stiff, tiddly, tiddley, tight, tipsy, wet.
          [WordNet 1.5]


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