I. ˈlād verb
( laded ; lad·ed -də̇d ; or in transitive verb sense 1 lad·en -d ə n ; lading ; lades )
Etymology: Middle English laden, from Old English hladan, ladan to heap, load, draw water; akin to Old High German hladan to load, Old Norse hlatha, Gothic af hlathan to load, Old Slavic klasti to load, place
transitive verb
1.
a. : to put a load or burden on or in : furnish with freight or cargo : load
lade a vessel
laded their asses with the corn — Gen 42:26 (Authorized Version)
the lighter a ship is laden the greater will be the effects of an uneven trim — Manual of Seamanship
countless ore- laden motor trucks — Tom Marvel
b. : to put or place as a load or burden especially for shipment or carriage : take aboard : pack , ship , stow
lading tea and silks from Canton — F.R.Dulles
exclude from the protection of their policies cargo laden on deck — W.D.Winter
bring to town their produce, laden in wagons — American Guide Series: Pennsylvania
c. : to load heavily:
(1) : to provide or supply abundantly or to repleteness : charge , cram , fill
their breasts were laden with decorations and medals — F.J.Mather
packed with annotations and statistics and laden with footnotes — Times Literary Supplement
let the air with joy be laden — W.S.Gilbert
silt- laden soil — R.A.Billington
the suspense- laden room — Cortland Fitzsimmons
(2) : to weigh down : weigh upon heavily : burden , oppress
weak and heavy laden — Joseph Scriven
laden with the deep, nostalgic morbidness of youth — Walter O'Meara
three misery- laden men — Albert Deutsch
2. : to lift or throw (a liquid) in or out with or as if with a ladle or dipper : dip , draw , ladle
laded several dippers of water into a basin
laded metal
the molten glass is laded from the pot to the forming table
intransitive verb
1. : to take on cargo : load
2. : to take up or convey a liquid by dipping
Synonyms: see burden
II.
now dialect
variant of load
III. ˈlād noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English lād course, way — more at lode
1. chiefly Scotland : millrace
2.
a. : the mouth of a river
b. : watercourse