# freighted

Pronunciation: say "FRAY-tid" /ˈfɹeɪtɪd/

## Adjective

1. Loaded with cargo; also, figuratively, charged or filled with something, such as a scent or a hidden meaning.
   - Simple: Carrying a load of goods. Also, full of something, like a smell or a hidden meaning.
   - _The barges, freighted with coal and timber, crept down the canal toward the city._
   - _For both children, "home" had become a freighted word after the divorce._

## Verb

2. Past tense and past participle of freight. — simple past and past participle of freight
   - Simple: Past tense and past participle of freight. Use it when goods were sent or loaded earlier.
   - _The turbine parts were freighted from Ohio to the assembly plant in Texas._
   - _By noon the volunteers had freighted the van with blankets and canned food for the shelter._

## Origin

Formed from freight and the suffix -ed.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/freighted (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).