fraught
- Noun. (obsolete) The hire of a ship or boat to transport cargo.
- Noun. (obsolete) Money paid to hire a ship or boat to transport cargo; freight.
- Noun. (obsolete) The transportation of goods, especially in a ship or boat.
- Noun. (obsolete) A ship's cargo, lading or freight.
- Noun. (Scotland) A load; a burden.
- Noun. (Scotland) Two bucketfuls (of water).
- Verb. (transitive, obsolete) To load (a ship, cargo etc.).
- Adjective. (context, of a cargo-carrier) Laden.
- Adjective. (context, with ''with'') Furnished, equipped.
- Adjective. (figuratively, with ''with'') Loaded-up, charged or accompanied.
- Adjective. Distressed.
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