freight
Freighted; ladenFreighted; laden.
» The locomotive was pulling a long line of freight cars.
Die Lokomotive zog eine lange Schlange von Güterwagen. — xtofu80
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1 senses(obsolete)Freighted; laden.
Examples
30 sentencesThe locomotive was pulling a long line of freight cars.
deDie Lokomotive zog eine lange Schlange von Güterwagen. — xtofu80
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. — sharptoothed
The train contains seven freight cars.
Tom likes to ride freight trains.
ruТом любит кататься на товарных поездах. — odexed
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
more freight, most freight| Comparative | more freight Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most freight Lesson |
regular
Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.