Definition/Meaning of lade

• English - Verb: lade (third-person singular simple present lades, present participle lading, simple past laded, past participle laden or laded) To fill or load (related to cargo or a shipment). 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 42:26: And they laded their asses with the corn. 1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, in The Medieval Myths, New York: The…
• English - Noun: lade (plural lades) (Scotland) A load . lade (plural lades) (UK, dialectal) The mouth of a river . 1873, Henry Kingsley, Oakshott Castle: Every trickling tiny lade , every foaming brook, told its own story. (UK, dialectal, obsolete) A passage for water ; a ditch or drain . (Scotland) ( mill lade) A mill race . 1950 January, “Re-Opening of the Eyemouth Branch”, in Railway Magazine, page 11: It…
• English - Anagrams: Adel dale , Dale deal E . D . La . lead
• English - Etymology: Etymology 1. From Middle English laden , from Old English hladan and Old English hleadan , from Proto-West Germanic *hlaþan, from Proto-Germanic *hlaþaną (“to load”), from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂- (“to put, lay out”). Etymology 2. From Middle English lad , from Old English lād , from Proto-Germanic *laidō (“a way, course”). Related to lode , lead (“to conduct”).
• English - Pronunciation: (UK, US) IPA: /leɪd/ Rhymes: -eɪd Homophone: laid Homophone: laid Homophone: laid