Loaded
['ləʊdɪd] or ['lodɪd]
Definition
(adj.) (of statements or questions) charged with associative significance and often meant to mislead or influence; 'a loaded question' .
(adj.) (of weapons) charged with ammunition; 'a loaded gun' .
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Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Load
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Examples
- We passed a long column of loaded mules, the drivers walking along beside the mules wearing red fezzes. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Approximately 150 loaded freight cars are sent out every day. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Is it any wonder that its captains and commanders and officials, nay, even its clerks and common soldiers, came back to England loaded with spoils? H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- They were all loaded heavily and they climbed slowly. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The steam-shovel did not discriminate, but picked up handily single pieces weighing five or six tons and loaded them on the skips with quantities of smaller lumps. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Empty trains were obliged to leave the road free for loaded ones. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The wet sheets of rubber are cut in square pieces, placed on perforated tin pans and loaded into the dryer, which will hold about eight hundred pounds of rubber. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- She had a fine carriage and fine horses and sat at the head of a table loaded with the grandest plate. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- He had himself picked up the loaded hunting-crop, which was his favourite weapon. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- The train was made up of two carriages, filled with about forty passengers, and seven wagons loaded with stores. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- From Columbus they could, of course, see our gunboats and transports loaded with troops. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- They brought the cars around to the front of the villa and we loaded them with the hospital equipment which was piled in the hallway. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Every morning I had two large baskets of vegetables from the Detroit market loaded in the mail-car and sent to Port Huron, where the boy would take them to the store. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- They took twelve barges in tow, loaded also with rations. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Ten loaded hammocks retarded its pace. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Now it's loaded,' said Mr. Sikes, when he had finished. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- I loaded the boats with more than half the force, however, and sent General McClernand in command. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The dice have been loaded by all the successes which have preceded. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The stock is delivered to the charging floor in iron boxes loaded on narrow-gauge buggies, and is charged into the furnaces by electric charging machines. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The cars would be all right with their good metal-to-metal brakes and anyway, coming down, they would not be loaded. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- You loaded them yourself. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- I should have such strength,' muttered the robber, poising his brawny arm, 'that I could smash your head as if a loaded waggon had gone over it. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Lying hidden in her bosom, was a loaded pistol. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- At length he came to a great tree, heavy laden with thick foliage and loaded with pendant loops of giant creepers. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Thomas was directed to have the little steamer that had been built at Chattanooga loaded to its capacity with rations and ammunition. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- He came in loaded and on the verge of incoherence. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- That's loaded, that is. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- The blunderbus is loaded with slugs. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- In a moment she relapsed into the delirium of fanaticism, and, but that her gentle nature forbade, would have loaded me with execrations. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- A carriage heavily loaded with luggage has passed out during the last hour. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
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