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load·ed

(lō′dĭd)

adj.

1. Carrying a load.

2. Equipped with many accessories or features: bought a fully loaded minivan.

3. Having ammunition in the firing chamber or magazine. Used of a firearm: a loaded gun.

4. Unbalanced because of added weight. Used of dice.

5. Having great meaning, seriousness, or implication: He asked the loaded question if they should take one car or two.

6. Slang Drunk or intoxicated.

7. Slang Having a great deal of money; rich.

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loaded

(ˈləʊdɪd)

adj

1. carrying a load

2. (Gambling, except Cards) (of dice, a roulette wheel, etc) weighted or otherwise biased

3. (of a question or statement) containing a hidden trap or implication

4. (Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) charged with ammunition

5. (Nuclear Physics) (of concrete) containing heavy metals, esp iron or lead, for use in making radiation shields

6. slang wealthy

7. (postpositive) slang chiefly

a. drunk

b. drugged; influenced by drugs

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load•ed

(ˈloʊ dɪd)

adj.

1. (of a word, statement, or argument) charged with emotions or associations.

2. Slang.

a. rich.

b. intoxicated.

3. including many extra features or accessories.

[1655–65]

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Adj.	1.	loaded - filled with a great quantity; "a tray loaded with dishes"; "table laden with food"; "`ladened' is not current usage" laden, ladened full - containing as much or as many as is possible or normal; "a full glass"; "a sky full of stars"; "a full life"; "the auditorium was full to overflowing"
	2.	loaded - (of weapons) charged with ammunition; "a loaded gun" unloaded - (of weapons) not charged with ammunition; "many people are killed by guns thought to be unloaded"
	3.	loaded - (of statements or questions) charged with associative significance and often meant to mislead or influence; "a loaded question" discriminatory, prejudiced - being biased or having a belief or attitude formed beforehand; "a prejudiced judge"
	4.	loaded - 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" affluent, wealthy, flush, moneyed rich - possessing material wealth; "her father is extremely rich"; "many fond hopes are pinned on rich uncles"
	5.	loaded - very drunk besotted, blind drunk, blotto, crocked, fuddled, pie-eyed, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soaked, soused, sozzled, squiffy, pixilated, plastered, cockeyed, wet, stiff, tight jargon, lingo, patois, argot, vernacular, slang, cant - a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo" drunk, inebriated, intoxicated - stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol); "a noisy crowd of intoxicated sailors"; "helplessly inebriated"

loaded

adjective

1. laden, full, charged, filled, weighted, burdened, freighted shoppers loaded with bags

2. charged, armed, primed, at the ready, ready to shoot or fire He turned up on her doorstep with a loaded gun.

3. tricky, charged, sensitive, delicate, manipulative, emotive, insidious, artful, prejudicial, tendentious That's a loaded question.

4. biased, weighted, rigged, distorted The press is loaded in favour of the government.

5. (Slang) rich, wealthy, affluent, well off, rolling (slang), flush (informal), well-heeled (informal), well-to-do, moneyed Her new boyfriend's absolutely loaded.

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loaded

adjective

1. Burdened by a weighty load:

heavy, heavy-laden, laden.

2. Mixed with other substances:

adulterated, alloyed, doctored, impure, sophisticated.

3. Slang. Stupefied, excited, or muddled with alcoholic liquor:

besotted, crapulent, crapulous, drunk, drunken, inebriate, inebriated, intoxicated, sodden, tipsy.

Informal: cockeyed, stewed.

Slang: blind, bombed, boozed, boozy, crocked, high, lit (up), looped, pickled, pixilated, plastered, potted, sloshed, smashed, soused, stinking, stinko, stoned, tight, zonked.

Idioms: drunk as a skunk, half-seas over, high as a kite, in one's cups, three sheets in the wind.

4. Slang. Possessing a large amount of money, land, or other material possessions:

affluent, flush, moneyed, rich, wealthy.

Idioms: having money to burn, in the money, made of money, rolling in money.

Translations

مُحَمَّلمَشْحون، مُعَبَّأيَحْتوي على فيلم

nabitýnaložený

ladtlæssetmed film i

beladen geladen

cargado

chargé

be van töltvemegtöltött

hlaîinnhlaîinn, fullfermdur

caricato impiombato pieno di soldi ricco subdolo

fullt lastet lastet med film i

nabitý

nabitnaložen

dolu yüklü

装有弹药的装有胶卷的装着货的

loaded

[ˈləʊdɪd] ADJ

1. [gun, camera, vehicle] → cargado

2. [remark, question] → lleno de implicaciones, cargado de implicaciones

3. (= weighted) [dice] → cargado

4. (= rich) to be loaded → estar forrado de dinero, estar podrido de dinero

5. (= drunk) to be loaded → estar como una cuba, estar tomado (LAm)

6. to be loaded for bear (US) → estar preparado para el ataque

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

loaded

[ˈləʊdɪd] adj

[gun] → chargé(e)

[tray, trolley] → chargé(e)
loaded with sth → chargé(e) de qch
a trolley loaded with luggage → un chariot chargé de bagages

(fig) (= full of) to be loaded with sth → être lourd(e) de qch
The phrase is loaded with irony → L'expression est lourde d'ironie.
The President's visit is loaded with symbolic significance → La visite du président est lourde de signification symbolique.

(= biased) to be loaded in favour of sb → être favorable à qn
to be loaded against sb → être défavorable à qn loaded question

[dice] the dice are loaded (lit) → les dés sont pipés (fig) → les dés sont pipés
The dice are loaded against them → Les dés sont pipés contre eux.
The dice are loaded in their favour → Les dés sont pipés en leur faveur.

(= rich) → bourré(e) de fric

(= drunk) → bourré(e) loaded question n → question f tendancieuse

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

loaded

adj → beladen; dice → falsch, präpariert; camera → mit eingelegtem Film; gun, software → geladen; the dice are loaded in their favour (Brit) or favor (US) /against them (fig) → alles spricht für/gegen sie; a loaded question → eine Fangfrage; that’s a loaded word/term → das ist kein neutrales Wort/kein neutraler Ausdruck; emotionally loaded (word, speech) → emotional aufgeladen; he’s loaded (inf) (= rich) → er ist stink- or steinreich (inf), → er schwimmt im Geld (inf); (= drunk) → der hat einen in der Krone (inf)

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loaded

[ˈləʊdɪd] adj

a. a loaded question → una domanda tendenziosa

b. (dice) → truccato/a
the dice are loaded against him (fig) → ha tutto contro di lui

c. to be loaded (fam) (rich) → essere pieno/a di soldi

load

(ləud) noun

1. something which is being carried. The lorry had to stop because its load had fallen off; She was carrying a load of groceries.

2. as much as can be carried at one time. two lorry-loads of earth.

3. a large amount. He talked a load of rubbish; We ate loads of ice-cream.

4. the power carried by an electric circuit. The wires were designed for a load of 15 amps.

verb

1. to take or put on what is to be carried (especially if heavy). They loaded the luggage into the car; The lorry was loading when they arrived.

2. to put ammunition into (a gun). He loaded the revolver and fired.

3. to put film into (a camera).

ˈloaded adjective

1. carrying a load. a loaded van.

2. (of a gun) containing ammunition. a loaded pistol.

3. (of a camera) containing film.

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One day I was loaded more than usual, and part of the road was a steep uphill.

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The modern steamship with her many holds is not loaded within the sailor-like meaning of the word.

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We put old Redruth in the gallery between the cabin and the forecastle, with three or four loaded muskets and a mattress for protection.

By this time, tumbling things in as they came, we had the jolly-boat loaded as much as we dared.

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As soon as the sledge was loaded he meant to send Jotham back to the farm and hurry on foot into the village to buy the glue for the pickle-dish.

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Next, the crate was carried out to an express wagon and loaded in along with a number of trunks.

Into the midst of them, when with more howlings and yelpings they were loaded into the baggage car, was Michael's cage piled.

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While we were eating, the dervish happened to mention that in a spot only a little way off from where we were sitting, there was hidden a treasure so great that if my eighty camels were loaded till they could carry no more, the hiding place would seem as full as if it had never been touched.

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It took them half the night to pitch a slovenly camp, and half the morning to break that camp and get the sled loaded in fashion so slovenly that for the rest of the day they were occupied in stopping and rearranging the load.

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As he caught sight of them the youth was momentarily startled by a thought that perhaps his gun was not loaded. He stood trying to rally his faltering intellect so that he might rec- ollect the moment when he had loaded, but he could not.

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Thus, before the first hint of the coming of gray day, camp was broken, sled loaded, dogs harnessed, and the two men crouched waiting over the fire.

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Didn't you once say that whatever ship Ahab sails in, that ship should pay something extra on its insurance policy, just as though it were loaded with powder barrels aft and boxes of lucifers forward?