lade

Meanings

Verb

• To fill or load (related to cargo or a shipment).
• To weigh down, oppress, or burden.
• To use a ladle or dipper to remove something (generally water).
• To transfer (molten glass) from the pot to the forming table, in making plate glass.
• To admit water by leakage.

Noun

• A load.
• The mouth of a river.
• A passage for water; a ditch or drain.
• Water pumped into and out of mills, especially woolen mills.

Origin

• From Middle English laden, from Old English hladan, from Proto-Germanic *hlaþaną, from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂-.
• From Middle English lad, from Old English lād, from Proto-Germanic *laidō ("a way, course"). Related to lode, lead.