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LOADED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(of statements or questions) charged with associative significance and often meant to mislead or influence
Example:
a loaded question
Classified under:
Similar:
discriminatory; prejudiced (being biased or having a belief or attitude formed beforehand)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Very drunk
Synonyms:
besotted; blind drunk; blotto; cockeyed; crocked; fuddled; loaded; pie-eyed; pissed; pixilated; plastered; slopped; sloshed; smashed; soaked; soused; sozzled; squiffy; stiff; tight; wet
Classified under:
Similar:
drunk; gone; inebriated; intoxicated; ripped (stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol))
Domain usage:
argot; cant; jargon; lingo; patois; slang; vernacular (a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves))
Sense 3
Meaning:
Filled with a great quantity
Example:
'ladened' is not current usage
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
full (containing as much or as many as is possible or normal)
Sense 4
Meaning:
(of weapons) charged with ammunition
Example:
a loaded gun
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
live (charged with an explosive)
undischarged; unexploded (still capable of exploding or being fired)
Antonym:
unloaded ((of weapons) not charged with ammunition)
Sense 5
Meaning:
Having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value
Example:
a substantial family
Synonyms:
affluent; flush; loaded; moneyed; substantial; wealthy
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
rich (possessing material wealth)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb load
Context examples:
White blood cells are grown ex-vivo and are exposed to dendritic cells (DCs) loaded with lymphoma tumor associated antigens (TAAs); the TAA-specific CTLs are further expanded ex-vivo before being introduced into the patient.
(Lymphoma TAA-specific Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes, NCI Thesaurus)
We ran forward into the open to meet our friends, and pressed a loaded rifle into the hands of each.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“Mother,” he said, with an impatient bite at the handkerchief in which his hand was wrapped, “you had better take and fire a loaded gun at me.”
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Their parents then (the farmer and his wife) loaded me with attentions.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
The researchers found that seizures could be prevented with relatively small doses of drug representing less than 1% of the total amount of drug loaded into the device.
(Electronic device implanted in the brain could stop seizures, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
By this time, tumbling things in as they came, we had the jolly-boat loaded as much as we dared.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
Irradiated allogeneic, HLA-A*0201 positive, plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDCs) loaded with 4 melanoma peptides derived from the tumor associated antigens (TAAs) MelA/MART-1, gp100/pmel17, tyrosinase, and MAGE-A3, with potential immunostimulating and antineoplastic activities.
(MART-1/gp100/Tyrosinase/MAGE-A3 Peptides-loaded Irradiated Allogeneic Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cells, NCI Thesaurus)
"This is not our omniboos," said the Professor, waving the loaded vehicle away, and stopping to pick up the poor little flowers.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
Main findings are that snap-jaws are the fastest of the spring-loaded ant mouthparts, and the fastest currently known animal movement.
(Dracula Ant Found to Be Fastest Creature on Earth, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
The genetic dice are loaded against them.
(Slim people have a genetic advantage when it comes to maintaining their weight, University of Cambridge)
