Lade

/leɪd/

Meaning & Definition

verb

to load (a ship, a vehicle, etc.) with goods or cargo.

The crew will lade the ship with boxes of fruit before it sets sail.

to fill or place a burden on.

She was careful not to lade her mind with unnecessary worries.

to put something onto a vessel or vehicle; to load.

They lade the truck with supplies for the upcoming expedition.

Middle English 'laden', from Old English 'hlædan'.

lade a ship

To load a vessel with cargo.

lade with

To load or burden someone or something with.

to lade heavily

To load something heavily, to fill it up.

The act of putting a load onto something.

unload

To remove a load from something.

burden

A load, especially a heavy one.