LADE

load, lade, laden, load up

(verb) fill or place a load on; “load a car”; “load the truck with hay”

ladle, lade, laden

(verb) remove with or as if with a ladle; “ladle the water out of the bowl”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Verb

lade (third-person singular simple present lades, present participle lading, simple past laded, past participle laded or laden)

To fill or load (related to cargo or a shipment).

To weigh down, oppress, or burden.

To use a ladle or dipper to remove something (generally water).

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

(nautical) To admit water by leakage.

Noun

lade (plural lades)

(Scotland) A load.

Etymology 2

Noun

lade (plural lades)

(UK, dialect, obsolete) The mouth of a river.

(UK, dialect, obsolete) A passage for water; a ditch or drain.

(Scottish) Water pumped into and out of mills, especially woolen mills.

Anagrams

• ALDE, Adel, Dale, Deal, Dela, E.D. La., Leda, adle, dale, deal, lead

Source: Wiktionary


Lade, v. t. [imp. Laded; p. p. Laded, Laded (; p. pr. & vb. n. Lading.] Etym: [AS. hladan to heap, load, draw (water); akin to D. & G. laden to load, OHG. hladan, ladan, Icel. hla, 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.)

Definition: To transfer (the molten glass) from the pot to the forming table.

Lade, v. i. Etym: [See Lade, v. t.]

1. To draw water. [Obs.]

2. (Naut.)

Definition: To admit water by leakage, as a ship, etc.

Lade, n. Etym: [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.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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