lade
English
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /leɪd/
Audio (RP) (file)
- Rhymes: -eɪd
- Homophone: laid
Etymology 1
From Middle English laden, from Old English hladan, from Proto-West Germanic *hlaþan, from Proto-Germanic *hlaþaną (“to load”), from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂- (“to put, lay out”).
Verb
lade (third-person singular simple present lades, present participle lading, simple past laded or (dated) lode, past participle laden or laded)
- To fill or load (related to cargo or a shipment).
- c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], part 1, 2nd edition, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, OCLC 932920499; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act I, scene i:
- 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.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Genesis 42:26:
- And they laded their asses with the corn.
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- 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
- c. 1591–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Third Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act III, scene ii]:
- And chides the sea that sunders him from thence, / Saying, he'll lade it dry to have his way.
- To transfer (molten glass) from the pot to the forming table, in making plate glass.
- (nautical) To admit water by leakage.
Related terms
- bill of lading
- laden
- lading
- larboard
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Noun
lade (plural lades)
- (Scotland) A load.
Etymology 2
From Middle English lad, from Old English lād, from Proto-Germanic *laidō (“a way, course”). Related to lode, lead (“to conduct”).
Noun
lade (plural lades)
- (UK, dialect, obsolete outside of place names) The mouth of a river.
- 1873, Henry Kingsley, Oakshott Castle:
- Every trickling tiny lade, every foaming brook, told its own story.
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- (UK, dialect, obsolete) A passage for water; a ditch or drain.
- (Scotland) Water pumped into and out of mills, especially woolen mills.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for lade in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
Anagrams
- ALDE, Adel, Dale, Deal, Dela, E.D. La., Leda, adle, dale, deal, lead
Alemannic German
Etymology
From Middle High German laden, from Old High German hladan, from Proto-West Germanic *hlaþan.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlɑd̥ə/
Noun
lade (third-person singular simple present ladet, past participle glade, auxiliary haa)
- to load
Derived terms
- abelade
- ablade
- belade
- entlade
- iilade
- Ladeflächi
- Ladeguet
- Ladekapazitäät
- noolade
- überlade
- umlade
- uuflade
- uuslade
- verlade
- volllade
- zuelade
Cimbrian
Noun
lade f
- cupboard, cabinet
References
- Umberto Patuzzi, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar, Luserna: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
Danish
Etymology 1
From Old Norse hlaða, from Proto-Germanic *hlaþǭ, derived from *hlaþaną (“to load”) (se below).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈlæːðə]
- Rhymes: -aːdə
Noun
lade c (singular definite laden, plural indefinite lader)
- (agriculture) barn (building)
Inflection
| common gender | Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | lade | laden | lader | laderne |
| genitive | lades | ladens | laders | ladernes |
Etymology 2
From Old Danish latæ, from Old Norse láta, from Proto-Germanic *lētaną.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈla], (always in the meanings "pretend, seem") IPA(key): [ˈlæːðə]
Verb
lade (imperative lad, present tense lader, past tense lod, past participle ladet or ladt)
- let (to allow)
- leave (to transfer responsibility or attention)
- have (cause to, by command or request)
- have (cause to be)
- make (force to do)
- pretend, seem, appear
- in the expressions lade som om (“to pretend”) and lade til (“to seem”)
Inflection
| present | past | |
|---|---|---|
| simple | lader | lod |
| perfect | har ladet or ladt | havde ladet or ladt |
| passive | lades | — |
| participle | ladende | ladet or ladt |
| imperative | lad | — |
| infinitive | lade | — |
| auxiliary verb | have | — |
| gerund | laden | — |
Etymology 3
From Old Norse hlaða, from Proto-Germanic *hlaþaną.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈlæːðə]
- Rhymes: -aːdə
Verb
lade (imperative lad, present tense lader, past tense ladede, past participle ladet)
- load
- charge
- let go
- in the expressions lade vandet (“to urinate”) and lade livet (“to die”) (etymologically, they belong to the former verb, but they have the pronunciation and morphology of this verb).
Usage notes
In relation to guns, the past participle is ladt.
Inflection
| present | past | |
|---|---|---|
| simple | lader | ladede |
| perfect | har ladet | havde ladet |
| passive | lades | ladedes |
| participle | ladende | ladet |
| imperative | lad | — |
| infinitive | lade | — |
| auxiliary verb | have | — |
| gerund | laden | — |
Etymology 4
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈlæːðə]
Adjective
lade
- definite singular of lad
- plural of lad
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlaː.də/
audio (file) - Hyphenation: la‧de
Noun
lade f (plural laden or lades, diminutive ladetje n)
- Alternative form of la
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
lade
- (archaic) singular present subjunctive of laden
Anagrams
- adel, dale
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlaːdə/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -aːdə
Verb
lade
- inflection of laden:
- first-person singular present
- first/third-person singular subjunctive I
- singular imperative
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch *latha, from Proto-Germanic *hlaþō, related to the verb *hlaþaną.
Noun
lāde f
- box, case
- (eastern) plank, beam
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
- Dutch: lade, la
- Limburgish: laaj
Further reading
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “lade (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
- la
Etymology
From Old Norse hlaða, from Proto-Germanic *hlaþaną.
Verb
lade (imperative lad, present tense lader, passive lades, simple past lada or ladet or ladde, past participle lada or ladet or ladd, present participle ladende)
- (electricity) to charge (e.g. a battery)
- to load (a weapon)
Related terms
- lader (noun)
References
- “lade” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
From Old Norse hlaða, from Proto-Germanic *hlaþaną.
Alternative forms
- la (short form)
- lada (long form with a- or split infinitives)
Verb
lade (present tense ladar or lader, past tense lada or ladde, supine lada or ladd or ladt, past participle lada or ladd, present participle ladande, imperative lad)
- (transitive, intransitive) to load, charge
- Synonym: laste
Etymology 2
From Old Norse hlaði m, hlaða f.
Noun
lade m (definite singular laden, indefinite plural ladar, definite plural ladane)
- a barn
Related terms
- løe
References
- “lade” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams
- Dale, Lade, adel, adle, alde, dale, dela, edla, elda, lade, leda
Swedish
Alternative forms
- la
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lɑː/
- IPA(key): (rare) /¹lɑːdɛ/, [ˈlɑː˥˧dɛ˩]
Verb
lade
- past tense of lägga.
Anagrams
- Edla, adel, dela, leda