Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - fraught
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Fraught
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~ adj 1 an activity or situation that is fraught is full of problems and is very difficult to deal with (After the argument, relations between them were fraught. | fraught with problems/difficulties/danger) (Any program of sudden change is likely to be fraught with pitfalls.) 2 full of anxiety or worry (Julie was unhappy, fraught and depressed.) 3 fraught with meaning showing strong feelings that are not expressed in words (She gave me a long look, fraught with meaning.)
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1. If a situation or action is fraught with problems or risks, it is filled with them. The earliest operations employing this technique were fraught with dangers. ADJ: v-link ADJ with n 2. If you say that a situation or action is fraught, you mean that it is worrying or difficult. It has been a somewhat fraught day. ADJ ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English, freight, load, from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German vracht, vrecht Date: 14th century chiefly Scottish load, cargo II. transitive verb (~ed or ~; ~ing) Etymology: Middle English ~en, from 1~ Date: 14th century chiefly Scottish load, freight III. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from past participle of ~en Date: 14th century 1. archaic a. laden b. well supplied or provided 2. full of or accompanied by something specified — used with with a situation ~ with danger 3. causing or characterized by emotional distress or tension ; uneasy a ~ relationship ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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adj. 1 (foll. by with) filled or attended with (fraught with danger). 2 colloq. causing or affected by great anxiety or distress. Etymology: ME, past part. of obs. fraught (v.) load with cargo f. MDu. vrachten f. vracht FREIGHT ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
4.
1. (with) полный, преисполненный; чреватый fraught with danger —- чреватый опасностью a heart fraught with sorrow —- сердце, преисполненное печали fraught with meaning —- многозначительный 2. уст. нагруженный an argosy fraught with precious wares —- корабль, груженный дорогими товарами 3. разг. озабоченный, удрученный to look very fraught —- иметь очень озабоченный вид ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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adj. 1) usu. predic. полный; преисполненный; чреватый fraught with danger - чреватый опасностью 2) poet. нагруженный ...Англо-русский словарь
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- mid-14c., as fraughten "to load (a ship) with cargo," from fraght "cargo, lading of a ship," var. of freight, infl. by M.Du. vrachten "to load or furnish with cargo," from P.Gmc. *fra-aihtiz "absolute possession, property," from *fra-, intensive prefix + *aik "to be master of, possess." Figurative sense is first attested 1576. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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