lade
Americanverb (used with object)
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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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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 Eaton, Mary, fl. 1823-1849
We wide lade the tall tack which squeeze load the no sire and leave more in church maid than rest so to streak.
From Geography and Plays by Stein, Gertrude
He expects a small present from every commander that lades salt here; and is glad to be invited aboard their ships.
From A Voyage to New Holland by Dampier, William
Had Franklin seen this day He had not slept his last long lonely sleep Where the chill ice-pack lades the frozen deep.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 93, October 15th 1887 by Various
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 Book of Humorous Verse by Wells, Carolyn
Diaz—drops anchor a short mile out in a half-protected roadstead, and discharges what she has to discharge, or lades what she has to lade, by boats.
From Foe-Farrell by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir
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 Burns, Robert
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
Guy launched his canoe, which crushed the dewy young grass in its track and laded the morning with one more fragrance.
From Plashers Mead A Novel by MacKenzie, Compton
He laded his ship with his purchases, and returned back to the island, where he spent many years in unalloyed happiness, and Aslog's father was soon reconciled to his wealthy son-in-law.
From The Fairy Book The Best Popular Stories Selected and Rendered Anew by Craik, Dinah Maria Mulock
Then they left their old home; and the one bought a ship, laded it with all sorts of merchandize, for a trading voyage.
From Polish Fairy Tales by Glinski, A. J.
The timing for a visit didn’t work out when the Dodgers were in town to play the Nationals in April for a day-game laden series.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
Conflict with neighbouring Afghanistan has also led to a stall in trade, with hundreds of trucks laden with goods sitting stuck at closed border crossings for months.
From Barron's ● Jun. 21, 2026
There are only two laden LNG vessels still stuck in the Persian Gulf, said Alex Munton, a natural gas analyst at Rapidan.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 16, 2026
Guardiola announced on 22 May he would step down as City boss after a trophy laden decade in charge, and Maresca was quickly identified as the leading contender to be his replacement.
From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026
He had a square house with a red tile roof, and his garden was full of heavily laden banana and papaya trees.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
Pacing the warehouse floor, Mellano ticked off items on the bill of lading.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 31, 2024
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
The band started tentatively, lading the show’s first half with late career singles that felt much like conventional rock songs — “The Only Hope for Me Is You,” “Boy Division.”
From New York Times ● Sep. 11, 2022
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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