'Lade' definitions:

Definition of 'lade'

From: WordNet
verb
Remove with or as if with a ladle; "ladle the water out of the bowl" [syn: ladle, lade, laden]
verb
Fill or place a load on; "load a car"; "load the truck with hay" [syn: load, lade, laden, load up]

Definition of 'Lade'

From: 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]

Definition of 'Lade'

From: GCIDE
  • 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]

Definition of 'Lade'

From: GCIDE
  • 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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