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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

LADE, v.t. pret. laded; pp. laded, laden.
1. To load; to put on or in, as a burden or freight. We lade a ship with cotton. We lade a horse or other beast with corn.
And they laded their asses with the corn and departed thence. Genesis 42.
2. To dip; to throw in or out, as a fluid, with a ladle or dipper; as, to lade water out of a tub or into a cistern.
3. To draw water. [Not in use.]
LADE, n. The mouth of a river. Obs.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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

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 Reference Dictionary

v. (past part. laden) 1 tr. a put cargo on board (a ship). b ship (goods) as cargo. 2 intr. (of a ship) take on cargo. 3 tr. (as laden adj.) (usu. foll. by with) a (of a vehicle, donkey, person, tree, table, etc.) heavily loaded. b (of the conscience, spirit, etc.) painfully burdened with sin, sorrow, etc. Etymology: OE hladan

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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 1913 Dictionary

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 1913 Dictionary

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

v. a. 1. Load, freight. 2. Dip, bale.

Moby Thesaurus

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