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- Difference between “laden” and “loaded” - English Language Usage . . .
Laden, on the other hand, has synonyms like "burden", "encumber", and "weight The connotation when you say "the tree was loaded with fruit" is positive: the tree is full of fruit, which means there's plenty to go around
- laden vs. loaded - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
heavily laden: trees heavily laden with fruit A person can be described as "laden with grief", as HotLicks said in his comment In summary, laden is a very old word that is used in the US as a technical term in shipping and in a semi-poetic way, but not used for loaded cars
- Are apple trees loaded or laden with fruit? [duplicate]
Laden adj having or carrying a large amount of something Loaded adj filled with a great quantity Are fruit-trees laden or loaded with fruit?
- Does the Word laden Carry a Negative Connotation?
But when used with other sentences, like, The banks are laden with debt ; Then laden carries a negative connotation, dictionaries describe "laden" as being burdened with something, so does it always carry a negative connotation? Just for the purpose of questioning its usage, what if one were to say, He came in laden with presents
- So which should it be - lock and load or load and lock?
The Wictionary article on 'lock and load' attributes the modern beginnings of its popular use to a John Wayne film in 1949 The script writer at the time is presumably quoting from an instructor manual, dated 1940, which refers to dummy (!) cartridges, reference 3 of the article It is doubtful that the filmed quote refers to 'musquets' (sic) and their peculiarities, reference 1 of the article
- What is the proper term for when an animal is pregnant with eggs . . .
@AlainPannetierΦ that's the word for the animals themselves that give birth by eggs (and viviparous describing animals with live births), not the state of the animal right before the proto-animals are expelled The latter is what the OP is looking for, i e the synonym of pregnant but when you're about to pop out some eggs rather than a live child
- Is “have the steel” an idiom in the statement, “Mitt Romney would have . . .
I found the phrase “ have the steel ” in the following sentence of Time magazine’s article (April 30) titled, “Why Obama Owns bin Laden ” “Judging from the Republican response, President Obama's ad asking whether Mitt Romney would have ordered the raid that captured Osama bin Laden raises serious questions There is a kind of biographical line running between those dusty sparring
- Is there a word to describe a short forceful exhale from the nose or . . .
When I think of the word snort the only sound that comes to mind is that nasally mucus laden inhalation noise Is that just my only option? The sentence I'm trying to fit it into: "It’s just goin
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