lade

American  

[leyd] / leɪd /

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.

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verb (used without object)

laded, laden, laded, lading

1. to take on a load.

2. to lade a liquid.

lade ¹ British  

/ 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

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lade ² British  

/ led, leɪd /

noun

1. a watercourse, esp a millstream

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Other Word Forms

• lader noun

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. ladle

Example Sentences

With imaginative sympathy Tolstoy becomes a general in battle, a young girl at her first ball, a disillusioned prince, a drunkard, a lover—often amid a backdrop “laden with snow.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Rails of coats line the room, with a very popular table in the centre, laden with children's jackets.

From BBC

Mining sites pop up wherever local people find deposits in this land laden with riches - on farmland, in former graveyards and along riverbeds.

From BBC

Investors seem to have soured on some of the top IPOs because many of them are still less mature companies that are laden with risk.

From Barron's

Having already been threatened with prosecution, however, Ian said they knew the process of returning Liam to care would be "adversarial" and "laden with threats and misleading bullying tactics".

From BBC

Related Words

• freight
• load
• overload
• pile
• saddle