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

Ships laden with sanctioned crude are adrift at sea.

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This is a play-off path laden with storylines for Wales, who have struck lucky once again when it comes to securing home advantage.

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“And truly, there is nothing to fret about,” she told herself as she made her way down the hall, arms laden with books.

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Trier opens the film with a symbolically laden camera pan across Oslo that ends on a cemetery.

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

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Related Words

• freight 
• load 
• overload 
• pile 
• saddle