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lade¹
- /leɪd/ UK, US
Sounds like laid · Rhymes with -eɪd
Where it comes from
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”).
verb lades · lading · laded · laden
- To fill or load (related to cargo or a shipment). 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.
- To weigh down, oppress, or burden.
- To use a ladle or dipper to remove something (generally water). to lade water out of a tub, or into a cistern
- To transfer (molten glass) from the pot to the forming table, in making plate glass.
- To admit water by leakage.
noun lades
- A load.
lade²
- /leɪd/ UK, US
Sounds like laid · Rhymes with -eɪd
Where it comes from
From Middle English lad, from Old English lād, from Proto-Germanic *laidō (“a way, course”). Related to lode, lead (“to conduct”).
noun lades
- The mouth of a river. Every trickling tiny lade, every foaming brook, told its own story.
- A passage for water; a ditch or drain.
- (mill lade) A mill race. It was also found that scouring had occurred in the bed of the mill lade, which passes between the first and second piers.
- Water pumped into and out of mills, especially woolen mills.
Lade³
Where it comes from
* As a Norwegian surname, from Old Norse hlaða (“to stack, pile”).
* As a north German surname, variant of Ladwig, Ludwig.
* Also as a German surname, from the archaic noun Lade (“chest”).
* As an English surname, from Old English lad (“waterway”).
proper noun
- A surname.
- A coastal hamlet in Lydd parish, Folkestone and Hythe district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR0820).
Lade⁴
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Λάδη (Ládē).
proper noun
- An ancient island off the coast of Miletus; now part of the mainland of Asia Minor.
Translations
Talk about this word "lade." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/lade. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. lade. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/lade "lade." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/lade.Cite this
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title = {lade},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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