lade
verb (used with object)
to put (something) on or in, as a burden, load, or cargo; load.
are lading
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present progressiveof lade.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Though trains and dolls are still selling strong, some past Christmas favorites are lading The junior cowboy is riding off into the sunset.
From Time Magazine Archive
The people of Parenzo now are more concerned with developing their commerce than with insisting upon their rights, and the quay presents a busy scene when the wine-boats are lading.
From The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia by F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton) Jackson
"Did you know that right now all the Dutchmen here are lading as fast as they can, hoping they can put to sea before they're blockaded, or sunk, by a score of armed English men-of-war?"
From Caribbee by Thomas Hoover
