lade

[leyd]

verb (used with object)

laded, laden, laded, lading. 

1. to put (something) on or in, as a burden, load, or cargo; load.

2. to load oppressively; burden (used chiefly in the passive).

   laden with many responsibilities.

3. to fill or cover abundantly (used chiefly in the passive).

   trees laden with fruit; a man laden with honors.

4. to lift or throw in or out, as a fluid, with a ladle or other utensil.

verb (used without object)

laded, laden, laded, lading. 

1. to take on a load.

2. to lade a liquid.

lade

¹

/ leɪd /

verb

1. to put cargo or freight on board (a ship, etc) or (of a ship, etc) to take on cargo or freight

2. to burden or oppress

3. to fill or load

4. to remove (liquid) with or as if with a ladle

lade

²

/ led, leɪd /

noun

1. a watercourse, esp a millstream

Other Word Forms

• lader noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of lade¹

before 900; Middle English laden, Old English hladan to load, draw up (water); cognate with Dutch laden, German laden, Old Norse hlatha to load. ladle

Word History and Origins

Origin of lade¹

Old English hladen to load; related to Dutch laden

Origin of lade²

of uncertain origin

Example Sentences

Where political memes normally aim for laughter, these responses are laden with anxiety and unease.

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Under sheets of rain and laden with possessions, residents of southeast Cuba fled inland Tuesday -- escaping the peril of the coast before Hurricane Melissa's arrival.

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One is visibly laden with a large amount of parcels or bundles.

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The St. Lawrence River’s depth of about 37 feet means that even smaller containerships, which carry the equivalent of about 6,500 containers, can’t always sail fully laden to Montreal.

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Shareholders will vote between now and early November to decide if Musk should get some 425 million incentive laden stock options.

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Related Words

• freight 
• load 
• overload 
• pile 
• saddle