lade

/leid/
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lade

A farmer uses a shovel to lade hay onto a flatbed truck.

Definition
  1. Verb:
    • To load or put cargo onto a vehicle or vessel: The primary meaning of "lade" is to fill or place a load onto something, such as a ship, truck, or cart.
    • To remove liquid with a ladle: A secondary, less common meaning is to remove a substance, typically a liquid, using a ladle or similar implement.
Usage and Examples
  • Verb (to load):
    • The workers will lade the ship with grain before it departs.
    • It took hours to lade all the furniture onto the moving van.
  • Verb (to remove with a ladle):
    • Please lade the soup into bowls for the guests.
    • He used a bucket to lade water out of the flooded basement.
Advanced Usage and Notes
  • "Lade" is an irregular verb. Its common past tense is "laded", and its past participle can be either "laded" or "laden". "Laden" is frequently used as an adjective meaning "heavily loaded."
    • The ship was laded/laden with spices. (Past action)
    • The lorry moved slowly, laden with bricks. (Adjectival use)
  • The meaning related to using a ladle is now largely archaic or very formal. The verb "ladle" is the more common and direct word for this action in modern English.
Variants and Related Words
  • Laden (adj.): Heavily loaded or burdened.
    • The branches were laden with fruit.
  • Lading (n.): Cargo; freight. (Most commonly seen in the legal/commercial term "bill of lading").
  • Ladle (n./v.): A large, long-handled spoon for serving soup or stew; to serve or transfer with such a spoon.
    • She ladled stew into the bowls.
Synonyms
  • Load: To put a load on or in.
  • Freight: To load with goods for transport.
  • Stow: To pack or store away.
  • Ladle (for the second meaning): To dip and convey liquid.
Antonyms
  • Unload: To remove a load from.
  • Discharge: To unload cargo or passengers.
  • Empty: To remove the contents of.
Phrasal Verbs
  • Lade out: An archaic phrasal verb meaning to ladle out or distribute.
    • The cook laded out portions of porridge to the sailors.
lade

A farmer uses a shovel to lade hay onto a flatbed truck.

Verb
  1. fill or place a load on
    • load a car
    • load the truck with hay
  2. remove with or as if with a ladle
    • ladle the water out of the bowl

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