loaded
verb
- 1
To put a load on or in (a means of conveyance or a place of storage).
“The dock workers refused to load the ship.”
- 2
To place in or on a conveyance or a place of storage.
“He loaded his stuff into his storage locker.”
- 3
To put a load on something.
“The truck was supposed to leave at dawn, but in fact we spent all morning loading.”
- 4
To receive a load.
“The truck is designed to load easily.”
- 5
To be placed into storage or conveyance.
“The containers load quickly and easily.”
- 6
To fill (a firearm or artillery) with munition.
“I pulled the trigger, but nothing happened. I had forgotten to load the gun.”
- 7
To insert (an item or items) into an apparatus so as to ready it for operation, such as a reel of film into a camera, sheets of paper into a printer etc.
“Now that you've loaded the camera [with film], you're ready to start shooting.”
- 8
To fill (an apparatus) with raw material.
“The workers loaded the blast furnace with coke and ore.”
- 9
To be put into use in an apparatus.
“The cartridge was designed to load easily.”
- 10
To read (data or a program) from a storage medium into computer memory.
“Click OK to load the selected data.”
- 11
To transfer from a storage medium into computer memory.
“This program takes an age to load.”
- 12
To put runners on first, second and third bases
“He walks to load the bases.”
- 13
To tamper with so as to produce a biased outcome.
“The wording of the ballot paper loaded the vote in favour of the Conservative candidate.”
- 14
To ask or adapt a question so that it will be more likely to be answered in a certain way.
- 15
To encumber with something negative, to place as an encumbrance.
“The new owners had loaded the company with debt.”
- 16
To provide in abundance.
“He loaded carbs into his system before the marathon.”
- 17
To weight (a cane, whip, etc.) with lead or similar.
- 18
To adulterate or drug.
“to load wine”
- 19
To magnetize.
adjective
- 1
Burdened by some heavy load; packed.
“Let's leave the TV; the car is loaded already.”
- 2
(of a projectile weapon) Having a live round of ammunition in the chamber.
“No funny business; this heater's loaded!”
- 3
Possessing great wealth.
“He sold his business a couple of years ago and is just loaded.”
- 4
Drunk.
“By the end of the evening, the guests in the club were really loaded.”
- 5
Pertaining to a situation where there is a runner at each of the three bases.
“It's bottom of the ninth, the bases are loaded and there are two outs.”
- 6
(also used figuratively) a die or dice being weighted asymmetrically, and so biased to produce predictable throws.
“He was playing with loaded dice and won a fortune.”
- 7
(of a question) Designed to produce a predictable answer, or to lay a trap.
“That interviewer is tricky; he asks loaded questions.”
- 8
(of a word or phrase) Having strong connotations that colour the literal meaning and are likely to provoke an emotional response. Sometimes used loosely to describe a word that simply has many different meanings.
“"Ignorant" is a loaded word, often implying lack of intelligence rather than just lack of knowledge.”
- 9
(of an item offered for sale, especially an automobile) Equipped with numerous options.
“She went all out; her new car is loaded.”
- 10
Covered with a topping or toppings.
“loaded fries”
- 11
Weighted with lead or similar.
“a loaded cane or whip”
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