freight
To load with freight; also, to hire or rent out to carry cargo or passengersTo load (a vehicle or vessel) with freight (cargo); also, to hire or rent out (a vehicle or vessel) to carry cargo or passengers.
» The locomotive was pulling a long line of freight cars.
Die Lokomotive zog eine lange Schlange von Güterwagen.
Meaning
5 senses(transitive)To load (a vehicle or vessel) with freight (cargo); also, to hire or rent out (a vehicle or vessel) to carry cargo or passengers.
befrachten
заванта́жуватиzavantážuvaty, заванта́житиzavantážyty
(transitive)To transport (goods).
перево́зитиperevózyty, перевезти́pereveztý, транспортува́тиtransportuváty
load with goods for transportation
(broadly, transitive)To load or store (goods, etc.).
(figuratively, transitive)To carry (something) as if it is a burden or load.
(US, also, figuratively, intransitive)Chiefly followed by up: to carry as part of a cargo.
Examples
30 sentencesThe locomotive was pulling a long line of freight cars.
deDie Lokomotive zog eine lange Schlange von Güterwagen.
The freight train was held up about half an hour because of a dense fog.
That elevator is for freight only.
ruЭтот лифт только для груза.
The train contains seven freight cars.
Tom likes to ride freight trains.
ruТом любит кататься на товарных поездах.
Translations
3 languagesBy meaning 2
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Origin
The verb is derived from Late Middle English freighten, freghten, a variant of fraughten,The verb is derived from Late Middle English freighten, freghten, a variant of fraughten, fraghten (“to load (a ship with cargo or passengers); to hire (a ship) for transporting goods; to provide fully (with goods, money, etc.); to stow away”), and then either:
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Forms
freights, freighting, freighted, freightedWord family
5 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle