Definitions for ladeleɪd

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

ladeleɪd(v.)lad•ed, lad•en; lad•ed, lad•ing.

  1. (v.t.)to put a burden or load on or in; load:

    to lade a cargo ship.

  2. to put as a load:

    to lade coal on a barge.

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  3. to load oppressively; burden:

    laden with responsibilities.

  4. to fill or cover abundantly:

    trees laden with fruit.

  5. to ladle.

  6. (v.i.)to take on a load.

  7. to ladle a liquid.

Origin of lade:

bef. 900; ME; OE hladan to load, draw (water)

lad′er(n.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. ladle, lade, laden(verb)

    remove with or as if with a ladle

    "ladle the water out of the bowl"

  2. load, lade, laden, load up(verb)

    fill or place a load on

    "load a car"; "load the truck with hay"

Wiktionary

  1. lade(Verb)

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

  2. lade(Verb)

    To weigh down, oppress, or burden.

  3. lade(Verb)

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

  4. Origin: hladan, akin to Gothic 0337033B033003380330033D, Old Norse hlaða (whence Danish lade, a barn).

Webster Dictionary

  1. Lade(verb)

    to load; to put a burden or freight on or in; -- generally followed by that which receives the load, as the direct object

  2. Lade(verb)

    to throw in out. with a ladle or dipper; to dip; as, to lade water out of a tub, or into a cistern

  3. Lade(verb)

    to transfer (the molten glass) from the pot to the forming table

  4. Lade(verb)

    to draw water

  5. Lade(verb)

    to admit water by leakage, as a ship, etc

  6. Lade(noun)

    the mouth of a river

  7. Lade(noun)

    a passage for water; a ditch or drain


Translations for lade

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

let(verb)

to allow or permit

She refused to let her children go out in the rain; Let me see your drawing.

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