lade
- to put (something) on or in, as a burden, load, or cargo; load.
- to load oppressively; burden (used chiefly in the passive): laden with many responsibilities.
- to fill or cover abundantly (used chiefly in the passive): trees laden with fruit; a man laden with honors.
- to lift or throw in or out, as a fluid, with a ladle or other utensil.
- to take on a load.
- to lade a liquid.
Origin of lade
Related Words for lades
load, douse, pile, overload, freight, saddle, bathe, souse, submerge, duck, wash, pitch, submerse, bail, slop, soak, lave, irrigate, splash, wetExamples from the Web for lades
Historical Examples of lades
When we had regained our places the Lades were round the curve of the hill and out of sight.
Rodney StoneArthur Conan Doyle
He expects a small present from every commander that lades salt here; and is glad to be invited aboard their ships.
A Voyage to New HollandWilliam Dampier
One man builds the hull, another rigs her, a third lades and sails her.
Autobiography of Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin
Now Carver thinks he lades the whole county, and ten mile round—but who is it lades him, I want to know?
Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10)Maria Edgeworth
lade
1- to put cargo or freight on board (a ship, etc) or (of a ship, etc) to take on cargo or freight
- (tr; usually passive and foll by with) to burden or oppress
- (tr; usually passive and foll by with) to fill or load
- to remove (liquid) with or as if with a ladle
Word Origin for lade
lade
2- Scot a watercourse, esp a millstream
Word Origin for lade
Word Origin and History for lades
lade
Old English hladan (past tense hlod, past participle gehladen) "to load, heap" (the general Germanic sense), also "to draw water" (a meaning peculiar to English), from Proto-Germanic *khlad- (cf. Old Norse hlaða, Old Saxon hladan, Middle Dutch and Dutch laden, Old Frisian hlada "to load," Old High German hladen, German laden), from PIE *kla- "to spread out flat" (cf. Lithuanian kloti "to spread," Old Church Slavonic klado "to set, place").