Definition of "lade" in English

verb

1. To fill or load (related to cargo or a shipment).

2. To weigh down, oppress, or burden.

3. To use a ladle or dipper to remove something (generally water).

   • to lade water out of a tub, or into a cistern

4. To transfer (molten glass) from the pot to the forming table, in making plate glass.

5. (nautical) To admit water by leakage.

noun

1. (Scotland) A load.

noun

1. (UK, dialect, obsolete outside of place names) The mouth of a river.

2. (UK, dialect, obsolete) A passage for water; a ditch or drain.

3. (Scotland) (mill lade) A mill race.

4. (Scotland) Water pumped into and out of mills, especially woolen mills.