fraught
To load with cargoTo load (a boat, ship, or other vessel) with cargo.
» Her pregnancy was fraught with complications.
Meaning
6 senses(also, figuratively, obsolete, transitive)To load (a boat, ship, or other vessel) with cargo.
(also, archaic, figuratively, obsolete, transitive)To burden or load (someone or something).
(also, archaic, figuratively, obsolete, transitive)Followed by with: to furnish or provide (something).
(Scotland, also, figuratively, obsolete, transitive)To hire (a vessel) to transport cargo or passengers.
(Scotland, also, figuratively, obsolete, transitive)To transport (cargo or passengers) in a vessel; to freight.
(also, figuratively, intransitive, obsolete)To form the cargo or passengers of a vessel.
Examples
8 sentencesHer pregnancy was fraught with complications.
The expedition was fraught with disaster.
ruПоход обернулся катастрофой.
The journey was fraught with difficulties.
Landing on the lunar surface is a complex maneuver fraught with challenges.
Give sorrow words: the grief that does not speak whispers the o’er-fraught heart, and bids it break.
deGib Worte deinem Schmerz. Grimm, der nicht spricht, presst das beladene Herz, bis dass es bricht!
Origin
The verb is derived from Middle English fraughten, fraghten, freghten (“to hire (a ship, eThe verb is derived from Middle English fraughten, fraghten, freghten (“to hire (a ship, etc.) for transporting goods; to load (a ship, etc.) with cargo or passengers; to store, stow away; (figurative) to provide an ample supply of (goods, income, etc.)”), from Middle Dutch vrachten, vrechten, from vracht, vrecht (noun) (see etymology 1) + -en (suffix forming infinitives of verbs).
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Forms
fraughts, fraughting, fraught, fraughtSynonyms
2 synonymsWord family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle