Definition: loaded

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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7

loaded
     adj 1: filled with a great quantity; "a tray loaded with dishes";
            "table laden with food"; "`ladened' is not current
            usage" [syn: laden, ladened]
     2: (of weapons) charged with ammunition; "a loaded gun" [ant: unloaded]
     3: (of statements or questions) charged with associative
        significance and often meant to mislead or influence; "a
        loaded question"
     4: 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" [syn: affluent, flush, moneyed, wealthy]
     5: slang for `drunk' [syn: besotted, blind drunk, blotto,
         crocked, fuddled, pie-eyed, pissed, pixilated,
        plastered, potty, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soaked,
         soused, sozzled, squiffy, stiff, tiddly, tiddley,
         tight, tipsy, wet]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Load \Load\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Loaded; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Loading. Loaden is obsolete, and laden belongs to lade.]
   1. To lay a load or burden on or in, as on a horse or in a
      cart; to charge with a load, as a gun; to furnish with a
      lading or cargo, as a ship; hence, to add weight to, so as
      to oppress or embarrass; to heap upon.

            I strive all in vain to load the cart. --Gascoigne.

            I have loaden me with many spoils.    --Shak.

            Those honors deep and broad, wherewith Your majesty
            loads our house.                      --Shak.