LADE - 9 definitions found
lade v 1: remove with or as if with a ladle; "ladle the water out of the bowl" [syn: ladle, lade, laden] 2: fill or place a load on; "load a car"; "load the truck with hay" [syn: load, lade, laden, load up] Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) lade verb (laded; laded or laden; lading) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hladan; akin to Old High German hladan to load, Old Church Slavic klasti to place Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. a. to put a load or burden on or in ; load b. to put or place as a load especially for shipment ; ship c. to load heavily or oppressively 2. dip, ladle intransitive verb 1. to take on cargo ; load <a place for ships to lade> 2. to take up or convey a liquid by dipping Oxford English Reference Dictionary
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Lade \Lade\, v. t. [imp. Laded; p. p. Laded, Laded; p. pr. & vb. n. Lading.] [AS. hladan to heap, load, draw (water); akin to D. & G. laden to load, OHG. hladan, ladan, Icel. hla?a, Sw. ladda, Dan. lade, Goth. afhlapan. Cf. Load, Ladle, Lathe for turning, Last a load.] 1. To load; to put a burden or freight on or in; -- generally followed by that which receives the load, as the direct object. And they laded their asses with the corn. --Gen. xlii. 26. 2. To throw in out. with a ladle or dipper; to dip; as, to lade water out of a tub, or into a cistern. And chides the sea that sunders him from thence, Saying, he'll lade it dry to have his way. --Shak. 3. (Plate Glass Manuf.) To transfer (the molten glass) from the pot to the forming table. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Lade \Lade\, v. i. [See Lade, v. t.] 1. To draw water. [Obs.] 2. (Naut.) To admit water by leakage, as a ship, etc. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Lade \Lade\, n. [Prov. E., a ditch or drain. Cf. Lode, Lead to conduct.] 1. The mouth of a river. [Obs.] --Bp. Gibson. 2. A passage for water; a ditch or drain. [Prov. Eng.] Soule\'s Dictionary of English Synonyms lade v. a. 1. Load, freight. 2. Dip, bale. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 67 Moby Thesaurus words for "lade": bag, bail, barrel, bear hard upon, bottle, box, brim, burden, burthen, can, charge, chock, clog, congest, cram, crate, crowd, cumber, dip, encumber, fill, fill to overflowing, fill up, freight, hamper, handicap, heap, heap up, jam, jam-pack, ladle, load, mass, oppress, overburden, overfill, overload, overtax, overweight, pack, pack away, pad, pile, pocket, press hard upon, ram in, rest hard upon, sack, saddle, satiate, saturate, scoop, ship, stack, store, stow, stuff, supercharge, surfeit, tax, top off, wad, weigh, weigh heavy on, weigh on, weigh upon, weight |
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