lade
Americanverb (used with object)
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lades,
present (3rd person singular)
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laded,
past participle, past
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laden,
past participle
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lading
present participle
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to put (something) on or in, as a burden, load, or cargo; load.
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to load oppressively; burden (used chiefly in the passive).
laden with many responsibilities.
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to fill or cover abundantly (used chiefly in the passive).
trees laden with fruit; a man laden with honors.
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to lift or throw in or out, as a fluid, with a ladle or other utensil.
verb (used without object)
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lades,
present (3rd person singular)
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laded,
past participle, past
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laden,
past participle
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lading
present participle
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to take on a load.
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to lade a liquid.
verb
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to put cargo or freight on board (a ship, etc) or (of a ship, etc) to take on cargo or freight
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to burden or oppress
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to fill or load
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to remove (liquid) with or as if with a ladle
noun
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
Inflected Forms
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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ladesimple
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ladessimple
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have ladedperfect
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have ladenperfect
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has ladedperfect
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has ladenperfect
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am ladingprogressive
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are ladingprogressive
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is ladingprogressive
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have been ladingperfect progressive
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has been ladingperfect progressive
Past
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ladedsimple
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had ladedperfect
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had ladenperfect
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was ladingprogressive
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were ladingprogressive
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had been ladingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of lade
before 900; Middle English laden, Old English hladan to load, draw up (water); cognate with Dutch laden, German laden, Old Norse hlatha to load. Cf. ladle
Example Sentences
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It also isn’t filled with the kind of bloatware that manufacturers usually lade cheap phones with in a desperate bid to offset the cost and increase the profit margin.
From The Verge ● May 7, 2019
After that, still another three to six months generally pass before price increases start to lade.
From Time Magazine Archive
“Tail like our choc- lade, sharp beak, mos’ white on ’is body.”
From "The Cay" by Theodore Taylor
When the curd is come, lade it with a saucer into an earthen shape perforated, of any form you please.
From The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families by Mary Eaton
In order to ascertain the proper time for boiling the liquor, lade out some of it; and if a working be discovered, and the hops are sinking, the wort is boiled enough.
From The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families by Mary Eaton
If we say gents, why not say lades?
From The Verbalist A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and the Wrong Use of Words and to Some Other Matters of Interest to Those Who Would Speak and Write with Propriety. by Thomas Embly Osmun
As bees flee hame wi’ lades o’ treasure, The minutes wing’d their way wi’ pleasure: Kings may be blest, but Tam was glorious, O’er a’ the ills o’ life victorious.
From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Robert Burns
As bees flee hame wi' lades o' treasure, The minutes wing'd their way wi' pleasure: Kings may be blest, but Tam was glorious, O'er a' the ills o' life victorious!
From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Robert Burns
Then up amid the melee He rose from where he lay; "Come on, me boys," says Kelly, "The Layjun lades the way!"
From Ballads of a Bohemian by Robert W. (Robert William) Service
As bees flee hame wi' lades o' treasure, The minutes winged their way wi' pleasure: Kings may be blessed, but Tam was glorious, O'er a' the ills o' life victorious!
From In the Saddle A Collection of Poems on Horseback-Riding by Various
It led on to fastidious embroideries and jacquards on loose coats in speckled mint and sand with often-oversize or upturned collars, laded with an air of the 80s.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 5, 2022
But adding Kovalchuk, the high-scoring forward, laded a problem onto the Devils.
From New York Times ● Sep. 18, 2010
She led a great grey ass betwixt two panniers, wherein she laded her marketings.
From The Water of the Wondrous Isles by William Morris
Here were no traces of the fury which had laded the seaport with havoc.
From Star Born by Andre Norton
They carried off eighteen jars of wine and some new figs, and, ascending to the sugar-work they had before visited, laded seven mules with molasses and sugar.
From The Monarchs of the Main, Volume II (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers by Walter Thornbury
Tracking data compiled by Bloomberg showed the ship's last port of call appeared to have been Izmail, in southern Ukraine, which it left on September 18 fully laden.
From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026
Near Darkness lurks a table laden with sugar-crusted fruit and an elaborately stemmed flute holding what looks like champagne.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026
It is topped with symbols of the Holy Trinity and laden with doves representing mankind.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Another 1st or 2nd Century BC vessel was found north-west of Rome in 2023, again laden with hundreds of amphorae.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
The light was low from the rows of paper lanterns, and waiters drifted through the scene, carrying trays laden with food.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
The data seen by Reuters is based on shipping and customs documents like bill of lading and shipping bills and collected from several customs departments, government bodies and other partners.
From Reuters ● Apr. 14, 2023
Search warrants executed last month on Pricop’s vehicle and residence turned up logbooks, bills of lading, shipping receipts and other records coinciding with locations where the fires occurred, the affidavit said.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 12, 2022
Despite the sensational facts in the case, much of the early testimony was a methodical review of bills of lading, contracts and terse email exchanges.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 16, 2020
Asked about the boxes, the crew produced a bill of lading listing the contents, in awkward English, as “assembly parts of the underwater pump.”
From Washington Post ● Oct. 1, 2017
They made ready, packing their bags and lading their ponies.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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