Dictionary

lade en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /leɪd/ (UK, US)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

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”).

Meanings

1. (Scotland) A load.

Forms

lade en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /leɪd/ (UK, US)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

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”).

Meanings

1. To fill or load (related to cargo or a shipment).
   • Under the sea-girt cliffs the shining ship was readied, laden with coats of mail, swords, and gleaming war harness. 1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, in The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 23:
   • And they laded their asses with the corn. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 42:26:
   • Men from the fartheſt Equinoctiall line, Haue ſwarm’d in troopes into the Eaſterne India: Lading their ſhippe with golde and precious ſtones: And made their ſpoiles from all our prouinces. c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act I, scene i:
2. To weigh down, oppress, or burden.
3. To use a ladle or dipper to remove something (generally water).
   • And chides the sea that sunders him from thence, / Saying, he'll lade it dry to have his way. c. 1591–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Third Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:
   • 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. To admit water by leakage.

Forms

Deriveds

relade · lading · unlade · overlade

Relateds

larboard · lading · bill of lading · laden

Translations (19)

cmn 裝貨 /装货 (To fill or load) · ru грузить (To fill or load) · cmn 裝載 /装载 (To fill or load) · cmn 舀出 (To use a ladle or dipper to remove something) · de belasten (To weigh down, oppress, or burden) · fr charger (To fill or load) · de aufbürden (To weigh down, oppress, or burden) · de beladen (To weigh down, oppress, or burden) · az yükləmək (To fill or load) · de beladen (To fill or load) · nl laden (To fill or load) · bg натоварвам (To weigh down, oppress, or burden) · bg товаря (To fill or load) · fi painaa (To weigh down, oppress, or burden) · de schöpfen (To use a ladle or dipper to remove something) · cs naložit (To fill or load) · bg изгребвам (To use a ladle or dipper to remove something) · fi lastata (To fill or load) · ru нагружать (To fill or load)

lade en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /leɪd/ (UK, US)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Middle English lad, from Old English lād, from Proto-Germanic *laidō (“a way, course”). Related to lode, lead (“to conduct”).

Meanings

1. (UK, dialectal, qualifier:obsolete outside of place names) The mouth of a river.
   • Every trickling tiny lade, every foaming brook, told its own story. 1873, Henry Kingsley, Oakshott Castle:
2. (UK, dialectal, obsolete) A passage for water; a ditch or drain.
3. (Scotland) (mill lade) A mill race.
   • It was also found that scouring had occurred in the bed of the mill lade, which passes between the first and second piers. 1950 January, “Re-Opening of the Eyemouth Branch”, in Railway Magazine, page 11:
4. (Scotland) Water pumped into and out of mills, especially woolen mills.

Forms

Deriveds

lademan

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