laden

Verb · Adjective
Synonyms: ladleladeloadload uploadedladenedoppressed

WordNet 3.0

Verb (2)

  1. remove with or as if with a ladle“ladle the water out of the bowl”Synonyms: ladlelade
  2. fill or place a load on“load a car”“load the truck with hay”Synonyms: loadladeload up

Adjective (2)

  1. filled with a great quantity“a tray loaded with dishes”“table laden with food”“`ladened' is not current usage”Synonyms: loadedladened
  2. burdened psychologically or mentally“laden with grief”“oppressed by a sense of failure”Synonyms: oppressed
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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]

Laden \Lad"en\, p. & a. Loaded; freighted; burdened; as, a laden vessel; a laden heart. [1913 Webster]

Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity. --Is. i. 4. [1913 Webster]

A ship laden with gold. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

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