lade

Verb
Synonyms: ladleladenloadload up

WordNet 3.0

Verb (2)

  1. remove with or as if with a ladle“ladle the water out of the bowl”Synonyms: ladleladen
  2. fill or place a load on“load a car”“load the truck with hay”Synonyms: loadladenload up
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Lade \Lade\ (l[=a]d), v. t. [imp. Laded; p. p. Laded, Laden (l[=a]d'n); p. pr. & vb. n. Lading.] [AS. hladan to heap, load, draw (water); akin to D. & G. laden to load, OHG. hladan, ladan, Icel. hla[eth]a, Sw. ladda, Dan. lade, Goth. afhla[thorn]an. 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. [1913 Webster]

And they laded their asses with the corn.— Gen. xlii. 26.[1913 Webster]

2.To throw in or out, with a ladle or dipper; to dip; as, to lade water out of a tub, or into a cistern. [1913 Webster]

And chides the sea that sunders him from thence, Saying, he'll lade it dry to have his way.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

3.(Plate Glass Manuf.) To transfer (the molten glass) from the pot to the forming table. [1913 Webster]

Lade \Lade\, v. i. [See Lade, v. t.]

1.To draw water. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

2.(Naut.) To admit water by leakage, as a ship, etc. [1913 Webster]

Lade \Lade\, n. [Prov. E., a ditch or drain. Cf. Lode, Lead to conduct.]

1.The mouth of a river. [Obs.] --Bp. Gibson. [1913 Webster]

2.A passage for water; a ditch or drain. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]

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