Lade

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /leɪd/
• Rhymes: -eɪd
• Homophones: laid

Old English hladan, akin to Gothic 𐌷𐌻𐌰𐌸𐌰𐌽, Old Norse hlaða (whence Danish lade, a barn).

Full definition of lade

Verb

1. To fill or load (related to cargo or a shipment).
• Bible, Genesis xlii. 26And they laded their asses with the corn.
2. To weigh down, oppress, or burden.
3. To use a ladle or dipper to remove something (generally water).to lade water out of a tub, or into a cistern
• ShakespeareAnd chides the sea that sunders him from thence,
  Saying, he'll lade it dry to have his way.
4. To transfer (molten glass) from the pot to the forming table, in making plate glass.
5. (nautical) To admit water by leakage.

Related terms

• bill of lading
• lading

English dialect, a ditch or drain. Compare lode, lead to conduct.

Noun

1. (UK, dialect, obsolete) The mouth of a river.
2. (UK, dialect, obsolete) A passage for water; a ditch or drain.
3. (Scottish) Water pumped into and out of mills, especially woolen mills.

Anagrams

• Adel
• dale, Dale
• deal
• E.D. La.
• lead