loaded
/ˈloʊ.dɪd/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.25 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
simple past and past participle of load
adj
Having a live round of ammunition in the chamber.
adj
Pertaining to a situation where there is a runner at each of the three bases.
adj
Of a die or dice: weighted asymmetrically, and so biased to produce predictable throws.
Example Sentences
- "Let’s leave the TV; the car is loaded already."
- "With regard to France and Holland, therefore, I muſt think, Sir, and it has always been the general Opinion, that the Subjects of each are more loaded and more oppreſſed with Taxes and Exciſes than the People of this Kingdom ;"
- "[…]the fever began to assume a low type ; the tongue became loaded with a thick brown crust ;[…]."
- "1888, Leonardo Da Vinci, Jean Paul Richter (translator), The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci, XIII: Theoretical writings on Architecture, […] and for that reason the arches of the vaults of any apse should never be more loaded than the arches of the principal building."
- "What is known concerning supernatural matters is a sort of common deposit, guarded by everybody, and handed down without any intervention on the part of an authority; fuller in one place, scantier in another, or, again, more loaded with external symbols according to the intelligence, the temperament, the organization, the habits, and the manner of the people's life."
- "What had traditionally been a morally neutral sport became loaded with a set of Victorian values."
Etymology
From load + -ed.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈloʊ.dɪd/
- British English: /ˈləʊ.dəd/
Usage
Inflected Forms
more loaded (comparative)
most loaded (superlative)