Definitions for Fraught
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. fraughtadjective

   marked by distress

   "a fraught mother-daughter relationship"

2. fraught(p), pregnantadjective

   filled with or attended with

   "words fraught with meaning"; "an incident fraught with danger"; "a silence pregnant with suspense"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. fraughtnoun

   The hire of a ship or boat to transport cargo.

2. fraughtnoun

   Money paid to hire a ship or boat to transport cargo; freight

   fraught money.

3. fraughtnoun

   The transportation of goods, especially in a ship or boat.

4. fraughtnoun

   A ship's cargo, lading or freight.

5. fraughtnoun

   A load; a burden.

6. fraughtnoun

   Two bucketfuls (of water).

7. fraughtverb

   To load (a ship, cargo etc.).

8. fraughtadjective

   Laden.

9. fraughtadjective

   Furnished, equipped.

10. fraughtadjective

    Loaded-up, charged or accompanied.

11. fraughtadjective

    Distressed.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Fraughtnoun

   A freight; a cargo.

   Etymology: from the participle.

   Yield up, oh love, thy crown and parted throne
   To tyrannous hate! swell, bosom, with thy fraught;
   For ’tis of aspicks tongues. William Shakespeare, Othello.

   The bark that all our blessings brought,
   Charg’d with thyself and James, a doubly royal fraught. Dry.

2. FRAUGHTparticip. pass.

   Etymology: from fraight,

   1. Laden; charged.

   In the narrow seas that part
   The French and English, there miscarried
   A vessel of our country, richly fraught. William Shakespeare.

   With joy
   And tidings fraught, to hell he now return’d. John Milton, P. Lost.

   And now approach’d their fleet from India, fraught
   With all the riches of the rising sun,
   And precious sand from southern climates brought. Dryden.

   2. Filled; stored; thronged.

   The Scripture is fraught even with laws of nature. Richard Hooker.

   By this sad Una, fraught with anguish sore,
   Arriv’d, where they in earth their fruitless blood had spilt. Fairy Queen, b. i. cant. 6.

   I am so fraught with curious business, that I leave out ceremony. William Shakespeare, Winter’s Tale.

   Whosoever hath his mind fraught with many thoughts, his wits and understanding do clarify and break up in the communicating and discoursing with another. Francis Bacon, Essay 28.

   Hell, their fit habitation, fraught with fire
   Unquenchable, the house of woe and pain. John Milton, Par. Lost.

   Abdallah and Balfora were so fraught with all kinds of knowledge, and possessed with so constant a passion for each other, that their solitude never lay heavy on them. Guardian.

3. To Fraughtverb

   To load; to crowd.

   Hence from my sight:
   If after this command thou fraught the court
   With thy unworthiness, thou dy’st. William Shakespeare, Cymbeline.

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1. fraught

   Fraught is an adjective used to describe a situation or condition filled with or destined to result in something undesirable or problematic. It often implies a high level of stress, tension, worry or anxiety. For example, a 'journey fraught with danger' means a journey filled with or accompanied by danger.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Fraughtnoun

   a freight; a cargo

2. Fraughtadjective

   freighted; laden; filled; stored; charged

3. Fraught

   of Fraught

4. Fraughtnoun

   to freight; to load; to burden; to fill; to crowd

5. Etymology: [OE.fraight, fraght; akin to Dan. fragt, Sw. frakt, D. vracht, G. fracht, cf. OHG. frht merit, reward; perh. from a pref. corresponding to E. for + The root of E. own. Cf. Freight.]

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1. Fraught

   Fraught is a 2007 documentary animated short film directed by Stephanie Brotchie and Maia Tarrell.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Fraught

   frawt, n. a load, cargo: the freight of a ship.—v.t. to fill, store.—v.i. (Shak.) to form the freight of a vessel.—p.adj. freighted, laden: filled.—n. Fraught′age (Shak.), loading, cargo. [Prob. Old Dut. vracht. Cf. Freight.]

How to pronounce Fraught?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Fraught in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Fraught in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of Fraught in a Sentence

1. George Piro:

   The FBI is a family and our chosen profession is fraught with danger, today, this grim reality has taken two of our best from our family. We are saddened by their loss as we struggleto come to terms with what happened.

2. Angela Meadows:

   They experience stigma and discrimination in just about every aspect of daily life - including healthcare, education, legal proceedings, personal relationships - even going shopping is fraught with potential and actual negative experiences, the world is not a friendly place for fat individuals.

3. Tom Johnston:

   I have to say, everybody is really putting in all effort, i ’m proud to be part of it. The vibe in the rehearsal studio and on the road is neither fraught with rivalry nor overly professional.

4. Richard Isaacson:

   One has to be cautious when interpreting studies using medical records. They can be fraught with challenges in how diseases are coded and studied, any anytime you ask people to recall their behaviors, such as drinking, it leaves room for memory errors.

5. Elliot Williams:

   The problem is that's fraught with peril politically for Mike Pence, because ultimately Mike Pence would be stepping into a political timebomb.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Fraught
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Fraught
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Fraught
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Fraught
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Fraught
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Fraught