lade

verb

ˈlād 

laded; laded or laden ˈlā-dᵊn  ; lading

transitive verb

1

a

: to put a load or burden on or in : load

b

: to put or place as a load especially for shipment : ship

c

: to load heavily or oppressively

2

: dip, ladle

intransitive verb

1

: to take on cargo : load

a place for ships to lade

2

: to take up or convey a liquid by dipping

Synonyms

• scoop
• spoon
• bucket

Examples of lade in a Sentence

the cook laded the stew into small bowls

the trucks were heavily laden with produce for the market

Recent Examples on the Web

The musical, to its credit, doesn’t lade Ulysses with the self-loathing typical of so many coming-out stories. —Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2025

The tone is efficient and business-like: details about hogsheads, crop rotations and bills of lading cover over a bloody reality merely hinted at in passing references to rebellion, illness and punishments among the enslaved workers. —Literary Hub, 29 July 2025

Also, there was no bill of lading that supported the invoices. —David J. Neal july 23, Miami Herald, 23 July 2025

The Digital Container Shipping Association, representing nine (9) of the world’s ten (10) largest container lines, has set a target of issuing 100% of bills of lading in an electronic format by 2030. —Sean Stein Smith, Forbes.com, 20 July 2025

Word History

Etymology

Middle English, from Old English hladan; akin to Old High German hladan to load, Old Church Slavic klasti to place

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a

Rhymes for lade

• aid
• aide
• bade
• blade
• braid
• clade
• dade
• fade
• flayed
• fraid
• frayed
• gade

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Kids Definition

lade

verb

ˈlād 

laded; laded or laden ˈlād-ᵊn  ; lading

1

: load entry 2 sense 1a

lade a ship

a truck laden with gravel

2

: to burden heavily

laden with cares

3

: ladle entry 2