lade Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb remove with or as if with a ladle
    laden; ladle.
    • ladle the water out of the bowl
  2. verb fill or place a load on
    load; load up; laden.
    • load a car
    • load the truck with hay

WordNet

Lade transitive verb
Etymology
AS. hladan to heap, load, draw (water); akin to D. & G. laden to load, OHG. hladan, ladan, Icel. hlaa, Sw. ladda, Dan. lade, Goth. afhlapan. Cf. Load, Ladle, Lathe for turning, Last a load.
Wordforms
imperfect Laded; past participle Laded, Laded ; present participle & verbal noun Lading
Definitions
  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.
Lade intransitive verb
Etymology
See Lade, v. t.
Definitions
  1. To draw water. Obs.
  2. (Naut.) To admit water by leakage, as a ship, etc.
Lade noun
Etymology
Prov. E., a ditch or drain. Cf. Lode, Lead to conduct.
Definitions
  1. The mouth of a river. Obs. Bp. Gibson.
  2. A passage for water; a ditch or drain. Prov. Eng.

Webster 1913