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Synonyms & Antonyms for freight
Synonyms: Noun
burden, cargo, draft, haul, lading, load, loading, payload, weight
Synonyms: Verb
burden, encumber, lade, laden, load, lumber, saddle, weight
Antonyms: Verb
disburden, discharge, disencumber, unburden, unlade, unload
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Examples of freight in a Sentence
Noun
trains that carry both passengers and freight The freight arrived by steamboat. The order was shipped by freight.Verb
it took six hours to freight the cargo airplane
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The weight came like a freight train that no Lean Cuisine diet could stop. — Emily Price, Glamour, "I Knew Something Was Wrong With My BodyâMy Doctors Told Me I Was âJust Fatâ," 28 Aug. 2019 Passenger and freight trains were running at a slower speed than normal as the railroad monitors fire activity, Sullivan said. — Annie Zak, Anchorage Daily News, "Alaska Railroad service restored after wildfire-related cancellations," 22 Aug. 2019 Seattle police are investigating a fatal collision involving a freight train and a pedestrian Sunday morning at Third Avenue South and South Holgate Street. — Crystal Paul, The Seattle Times, "Pedestrian killed in collision with train at South Holgate Street and 3rd Avenue South," 11 Aug. 2019 On Collinsâs sack, Bentley picked up the back out of the backfield, again preventing Savage from dumping it quickly as Collins roared toward him like a runaway freight train. — Jim Mcbride, BostonGlobe.com, "Patriotsâ JaâWhaun Bentley looks ready to contribute," 11 Aug. 2019 In 2017, more than 100 reindeer were killed in a four-day period by freight trains rolling through Norway, prompting an outcry for the national railway to do more to protect the animals. — Palko Karasz, New York Times, "200 Reindeer Starved to Death. Experts Call It a Sign of Climate Change.," 31 July 2019 If all goes as planned in August, a freight train will chug down a track near Pueblo, Colo.âentirely controlled by computers. — Aaron Pressman, Fortune, "Autonomous Trains Are Ready to Roll," 29 July 2019 Immediately after last weekâs attacks, freight rates for operators in the Gulf rose 10-20%. — Washington Post, "Oil shippers boost security after mysterious attacks in Gulf," 20 June 2019 Needles was the first place crews swapped out freight trains headed east out of Los Angeles â a big boon for the town at the time. — Los Angeles Times, "This California town wants to be a 2nd Amendment âsanctuary cityâ for guns and ammo," 1 Aug. 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
For Phillips, 37, writing about a supernatural threat felt like the most accurate way to explore the treacherous emotional terrain of motherhood and the lurking feeling that even the most mundane situations are freighted with peril. — Alexandra Alter, New York Times, "What to Expect When Youâre Expecting Evil," 6 July 2019 With these songs, the maestro figured out how to freight the breeze with an impossible amount of information. — Chris Richards, Washington Post, "JoĂŁo Gilberto sang lullabies to the future," 7 July 2019 The questions are especially freighted for Unitarian Universalists, members of a denomination dedicated to racial justice and yet at times beset by its own problems of diversity. — The Washington Post, The Mercury News, "âBlack Lives Matterâ banners cost a California church its polling place. Now, itâs suing.," 11 June 2019 The continuing conversation is freighted with both history and consequences. — Jimmy Vielkind, WSJ, "After Cynthia Nixonâs Loss, Working Families Party Ponders Its Next Step," 20 Sep. 2018 The term is always charged somehow, freighted with meaning and potential conflict, vaguely subversive. — David Roberts, Vox, "American white people really hate being called âwhite peopleâ," 26 July 2018 The Mississippi case is freighted with racial overtones because Tellis is black, while Chambers was white. — Jeff Amy, Fox News, "Retrial set for man accused in woman's burning death," 22 Sep. 2018 All that freighted with significance the moment of their first greeting. — Dan Balz, chicagotribune.com, "Summit's outcome rests on substance, not symbolism," 11 June 2018 Maybe thatâs the way to practice for the launch of a successful vacationânot with a plan for two weeks freighted with expectation but with a single afternoon at full and indulgent ease. — Patricia Hampl, WSJ, "All of Summer In a Single Afternoon," 21 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'freight.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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