verb
- present participle of fraught; loading or filling (a ship or cargo vessel) with freight or goods
- present participle of fraught; filling or burdening with something (often used figuratively)
Usage: nautical; archaic or specialized
Usage: literary or formal
Examples
- The crew spent the morning fraughting the merchant vessel with spices and silk.
- The decision was fraughting the company with unexpected legal complications.
- They were fraughting the ship when the storm approached the harbor.
- The narrative is fraughting the plot with too many subplots.
- The atmosphere was fraughting with tension as the negotiations began.