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loaded down

loaded down

1 4.1
Carrying a heavy load like bags or boxes
  • adjective
translation icon : cargado
  • A tractor pulling a cart loaded down with a couch.

Examples

  • Terminator puts the throttle down, but the pickup is an old slug loaded down by a heavy homemade wooden camper shell.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • These things are loaded down and we've done nothing, absolutely nothing.

  • The air is so rich it almost swipes your appetite before you get a chance to load down your plate.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • Loaded down, Brian follows Rimgale into the building.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • From the look of their brand-new, loaded-down station wagon, they are on vacation.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • The pear tree was loaded down with big, ripened, yellow pears.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • Even loaded down with a cargo box, child seat, and BionX hub and battery, it weighed maybe 65 pounds.

    Blog text (7)

  • Six approaches, garbed in black wetsuits, loaded down with weapons and rucksacks.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • The truck was loaded down with furniture, making it difficult to drive.

  • After the storm, the branches were loaded down with heavy, wet snow.

Synonyms

weighed down
vsloaded down
  • Informal
6 4.5

Carrying heavy things or having serious worries that make you feel tired

refers only to physical carrying or supporting, not feelings or worries
overloaded
vsloaded down
3 4.2

Has more than it can safely hold, for example weight, work, or electricity

means carrying heavy weight but not necessarily exceeding safe limits
heavy-laden
vsloaded down
5.5

Carrying a large load, for example snow on branches

is the same physical carrying idea in a general phrase
burdened
vsloaded down
4.3

Carrying a heavy weight that makes moving slow or hard

focuses on supporting the load rather than only the act of carrying
weighted
vsloaded down
4.1

Made heavy and hard to move or feeling very tired

means carrying physical weight or supporting it, not metaphorical use
encumbered
vsloaded down
7.1

Not able to move easily because of heavy things or too many duties

refers to carrying weight without implying hindered movement

Antonyms

light
1 2.1

With very little luggage when travelling

unburdened
5.3

Not carrying heavy things

How Burdened

overloaded
3 4.2
loaded down
1 4.1
lightweight
36 2.8

Surface Forms

loaded down positive

Morphology

loaded + down

The adjective 'loaded' (full, crammed) combined with the particle 'down' yields a straightforward sense of being weighed or burdened by something; a B1 learner who knows both words can reasonably infer 'loaded down' means burdened by work/responsibilities. This compositional pattern (equivalent to 'laden with' or 'weighed down') is common cross-linguistically, so the meaning is transparently derivable from the constituents.

Etymology

Loaded down comes from the image of a person or animal with heavy things piled on them: loaded means put a load on and down shows the weight pressing down. That's why it means 'carrying a heavy weight'.