Meaning

To fill or load (related to cargo or a shipment)..

Definitions by Sense

1. To fill or load (related to cargo or a shipment).
2. To weigh down, oppress, or burden.
3. To use a ladle or dipper to remove something (generally water).
4. To transfer (molten glass) from the pot to the forming table, in making plate glass.
5. (nautical) To admit water by leakage.
6. (Scotland) A load.
7. (UK, dialect, obsolete outside of place names) The mouth of a river.
8. (UK, dialect, obsolete) A passage for water; a ditch or drain.

Example Sentences

Men from the fartheſt Equinoctiall line, Haue ſwarm’d in troopes into the Eaſterne India: Lading their ſhippe with golde and precious ſtones: And made their ſpoiles from all our prouinces.

And they laded their asses with the corn.

Under the sea-girt cliffs the shining ship was readied, laden with coats of mail, swords, and gleaming war harness.

to lade water out of a tub, or into a cistern

And chides the sea that sunders him from thence, / Saying, he'll lade it dry to have his way.

Every trickling tiny lade, every foaming brook, told its own story.

It was also found that scouring had occurred in the bed of the mill lade, which passes between the first and second piers.

Word Forms

• lades
• lading
• laded
• laden

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