verb (used with object)
1.
to put (something) on or in, as a burden, load, or cargo; load.
2.
to load oppressively; burden (used chiefly in the passive): laden with many responsibilities.
3.
to fill or cover abundantly (used chiefly in the passive): trees laden with fruit; a man laden with honors.
4.
to lift or throw in or out, as a fluid, with a ladle or other utensil.
verb (used without object)
5.
to take on a load.
6.
to lade a liquid.
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Origin:
before 900; Middle English laden, Old English hladan to load, draw up (water); cognate with Dutch laden, German laden, Old Norse hlatha to load. Cf. ladle
before 900; Middle English laden, Old English hladan to load, draw up (water); cognate with Dutch laden, German laden, Old Norse hlatha to load. Cf. ladle
Related forms
lad·er, noun
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lade1 (leɪd) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb (and foll by with) (and foll by with) , lades, lading, laded, laden, laded | |
| 1. | to put cargo or freight on board (a ship, etc) or (of a ship, etc) to take on cargo or freight |
| 2. | to burden or oppress |
| 3. | to fill or load |
| 4. | to remove (liquid) with or as if with a ladle |
| [Old English hladen to load; related to Dutch laden] | |
| 'lader1 | |
| —n | |
| lade2 (led, leɪd) | |
| —n | |
| (Scot) a watercourse, esp a millstream | |
| [of uncertain origin] | |
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lade
O.E. hladan (past tense hlod, pp. gehladen) "to load, heap" (the general Gmc. sense), also "to draw water" (a meaning peculiar to Eng.), from P.Gmc. *khlad- (cf. O.N. hlaða, O.Fris. hlada, O.H.G. hladen, Ger. laden), from PIE *klat- (cf. Lith. kloti "to spread," O.C.S. klado "to set, place").
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