Entry 3 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913 Fraught /(fra̤t)/ · IPA /fɹɔt/ n. a. v. t. 01 n. A freight; a cargo. 1. A freight; a cargo.[Obs.] 02 a. Freighted; laden; filled; stored; charged. 1. Freighted; laden; filled; stored; charged. “A vessel of our country richly fraught.” — Shak. “A discourse fraught with all the commending excellences of speech.” — South. “Enterprises fraught with world-wide benefits.” — I. Taylor. 03 v. t. To freight; to load; to burden; to fill; to crowd. imp. & p. p. Fraughted; p. pr. & vb. n. Fraughting 1. To freight; to load; to burden; to fill; to crowd.[Obs.] “Upon the tumbling billows fraughted ride The armed ships.” — Fairfax.