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lade

1 syllable · also laden
verbnoun
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As a verb, lade means fill or load (related to cargo or a shipment). As a noun, it means a load.

Meanings of lade

9 meanings

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).

    “to lade water out of a tub, or into a cistern”

  4. To transfer (molten glass) from the pot to the forming table, in making plate glass.

  5. nauticalTo admit water by leakage.

noun

  1. ScotlandA load.

  2. UKdialectThe mouth of a river.

  3. ScotlandWater pumped into and out of mills, especially woolen mills.

Older and rare meanings (1)

  1. UKdialectobsoleteA passage for water; a ditch or drain.

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

lade around the world

ScotlandA load.
UKThe mouth of a river.
ScotlandWater pumped into and out of mills, especially woolen mills.
UKA passage for water; a ditch or drain.

Synonyms by meaning

verb: remove with or as if with a ladle
ladleladen
verb: fill or place a load on
loadladenload up

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