'Laden' definitions:

Definition of 'laden'

adjective

Filled with a great quantity; "a tray loaded with dishes"; "table laden with food"; "`ladened' is not current usage" [syn: laden, loaded, ladened]

adjective

Burdened psychologically or mentally; "laden with grief"; "oppressed by a sense of failure" [syn: laden, oppressed]

verb

Remove with or as if with a ladle; "ladle the water out of the bowl" [syn: ladle, lade, laden]

verb

Fill or place a load on; "load a car"; "load the truck with hay" [syn: load, lade, laden, load up]

From: GCIDE

Lade \Lade\ (l[=a]d), v. t. [imp. Laded; p. p. Laded, Laden (l[=a]d'n); p. pr. & vb. n. Lading.] [AS. hladan to heap, load, draw (water); akin to D. & G. laden to load, OHG. hladan, ladan, Icel. hla[eth]a, Sw. ladda, Dan. lade, Goth. afhla[thorn]an. Cf. Load, Ladle, Lathe for turning, Last a load.]
1. To load; to put a burden or freight on or in; -- generally followed by that which receives the load, as the direct object. [1913 Webster]
And they laded their asses with the corn. --Gen. xlii. 26. [1913 Webster]
2. To throw in or out, with a ladle or dipper; to dip; as, to lade water out of a tub, or into a cistern. [1913 Webster]
And chides the sea that sunders him from thence, Saying, he'll lade it dry to have his way. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
3. (Plate Glass Manuf.) To transfer (the molten glass) from the pot to the forming table. [1913 Webster]

From: GCIDE

Laden \Lad"en\, p. & a. Loaded; freighted; burdened; as, a laden vessel; a laden heart. [1913 Webster]
Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity. --Is. i. 4. [1913 Webster]
A ship laden with gold. --Shak. [1913 Webster]