Lade

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
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              And they laded their asses with the corn. --Gen.
                                                    xlii. 26.
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     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.
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              And chides the sea that sunders him from thence,
              Saying, he'll lade it dry to have his way. --Shak.
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     3. (Plate Glass Manuf.) To transfer (the molten glass) from
        the pot to the forming table.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Lade \Lade\, v. i. [See {Lade}, v. t.]
     1. To draw water. [Obs.]
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     2. (Naut.) To admit water by leakage, as a ship, etc.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Lade \Lade\, n. [Prov. E., a ditch or drain. Cf. {Lode}, {Lead}
     to conduct.]
     1. The mouth of a river. [Obs.] --Bp. Gibson.
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     2. A passage for water; a ditch or drain. [Prov. Eng.]
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  lade
       v 1: remove with or as if with a ladle; "ladle the water out of
            the bowl" [syn: {ladle}, {laden}]
       2: fill or place a load on; "load a car"; "load the truck with
          hay" [syn: {load}, {laden}, {load up}]
       [also: {laden}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  67 Moby Thesaurus words for "lade":
     bag, bail, barrel, bear hard upon, bottle, box, brim, burden,
     burthen, can, charge, chock, clog, congest, cram, crate, crowd,
     cumber, dip, encumber, fill, fill to overflowing, fill up, freight,
     hamper, handicap, heap, heap up, jam, jam-pack, ladle, load, mass,
     oppress, overburden, overfill, overload, overtax, overweight, pack,
     pack away, pad, pile, pocket, press hard upon, ram in,
     rest hard upon, sack, saddle, satiate, saturate, scoop, ship,
     stack, store, stow, stuff, supercharge, surfeit, tax, top off, wad,
     weigh, weigh heavy on, weigh on, weigh upon, weight