Fraught

Quick meaning: Fraught is a noun meaning The hire of a boat or ship to transport cargo.

Meaning

The hire of a boat or ship to transport cargo.

More Meanings

1. Money paid to hire a vessel for this purpose; freight.
2. The transportation of goods, especially in a boat or ship.
3. A ship's cargo; freight, lading.
4. Two bucketfuls.
5. A burden, a load.
6. To load (a boat, ship, or other vessel) with cargo.
7. To burden or load (someone or something).

Example Sentences

fraught money

His fraught vve ſoon ſhall knovv, he novv arrives.

The ſhips are ſafe thou ſaiſt, and richly fraught?

VVell, goe / And bid the Merchants and my men diſpatch / And come aſhore, and ſee the fraught discharg'd.

Word Forms

• fraughts
• fraughting
• fraughted
• fraughtest
• fraughtedst
• fraughteth
• fraughter

Synonyms for fraught

Depending on context, synonyms include equip, supply, freighted, rife, wrought-up, equipped.

Antonyms for fraught

Common opposites include unfreighted.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include full, troubled, pregnant, load-bearing, heavy-duty, marked.

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