lade

Meaning

Verb

1. To fill or load (related to cargo or a shipment).
2. To weigh down, oppress, or burden.
3. To use a ladle or dipper to remove something (generally water).
4. To transfer (molten glass) from the pot to the forming table, in making plate glass.
5. To admit water by leakage.

Noun

A load.

Noun

1. (UK, dialectal) The mouth of a river.
2. (UK, dialectal, obsolete) A passage for water; a ditch or drain.
3. (Scotland) (mill lade) A mill race.
4. (Scotland) Water pumped into and out of mills, especially woolen mills.

Synonyms

load

laden

scoop

ladle

draw

ship

🚢

dip

load up

bow down

replenish

saddle

stir

weigh down

weight down

barge into

clutter up

live up

bail

pump-out

bedaub

burden

complete

draught

fill

fill up

load down

loading

Translations

charger

cargar

φορτώνω

carregar

αντλώ

beladen

caricare

beladen

laden

louche

monding

rivierarm

montar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/leɪd/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: laden

Inherited from Old English: hladan

Inherited from Old English: hleadan

Inherited from Middle English: lad

Inherited from Old English: lād

In summary

From Middle English laden, from Old English hladan and Old English hleadan, from Proto-West Germanic *hlaþan, from Proto-Germanic *hlaþaną (“to load”), from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂- (“to put, lay out”).