lade
[verb]
Synonyms: burden, charge, clog, cumber, encumber, load, saddle, tax, weigh, weight, dip, bail, ladle, scoop

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lade verb. [leɪd] Pa. pple & ppl adjective laden ['leɪd(ǝ)n] (the usual form in branch I), laded (the only form in branch II).
[Old English hladan = Old Frisian hlada, Old Saxon, Old High German hladan (Dutch, German laden), Old Norse hlaða, Gothic -hlaÞan, from West Germanic base also of LAST noun².]
I. Load.
1. verb trans. Put the cargo on board (a ship). Also, put a load in or on (a vehicle, a beast of burden, a person, etc.) (now only as laden ppl adjective). OE.
b. Load (a person) with gifts etc., (a tree, branch) with fruit; fill abundantly. Now only as laden ppl adjective. L15.
c. Burden, weigh down with. Now only as laden ppl adjective, burdened (with sin, sorrow, etc.). arch. M16.

2. verb trans. Put or place on or in something as a burden, freight, or cargo. Now only, ship (goods) as cargo. OE.
b. verb intrans. Of a ship: take on cargo. LME.

3. verb trans. Load or charge (a gun). Also, load (cartridges) in a gun. M-L17.

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lade
II. Draw water.

4. verb trans. Take up (water or other fluids) from a river, a vessel, etc., with a ladle, scoop, etc.; bale. OE.
b. verb trans. Empty by baling. obsolete exc. dial. M16.
c. verb intrans. Scoop up liquid, bale. E17.

5. verb trans. Of a ship: let in (water). LME-M16.

■ lader noun (now rare or obsolete) M16.

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lade noun¹. [leɪd] Chiefly dial. L17.
[Origin uncertain: perh. from LADE verb.]
A board or rail fixed to the side of a cart or wagon to give greater width.

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lade noun². [leɪd] E18.
[Sense 1 extracted from English place-names in -lade (Cricklade, Lechlade, etc.), repr. Old English ġelād channel, LODE. Sense 2 app. a var. of LEAD noun², perh. conf. with a Scot. & north. form of LODE.]
1. A channel, a watercourse, the mouth of a river. E18.

2. A channel for leading water to a mill wheel; a mill-race. Chiefly Scot. E18.

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