lade
/ˈlād/ (ame, mw)
lade — verb
- ladepresent simple I / you / we / they
- lades3rd person singular
- lading-ing form
- ladedpast simple
- ladenpast participle
1. to put goods, especially heavy ones, into a ship or other vehicle so it can carr
to put goods, especially heavy ones, into a ship or other vehicle so it can carry them somewhere
Dockworkers laded the merchant ship with sacks of coffee before dawn.
lade + ship + with + cargo
By sunset the freighter had been laded with timber bound for Rotterdam.
passive: be laded with [cargo]
Liam helped the crew lade the small boat with crates of dried fish.
The captain refused to set sail until every barrel had been laded safely below deck.
- unload
remove goods from a vehicle
文法句型
lade + object (cargo/ship)
be laden with + object
用法筆記
Archaic or literary. Modern English uses 'load' for this meaning; 'lade' survives mostly in nautical or formal writing. The past participle 'laden' is much more common than the bare verb.
常見錯誤
2. to place a heavy weight, often a worry or duty, on someone so it presses down on
to place a heavy weight, often a worry or duty, on someone so it presses down on them
Years of debt had laden Rodrigo with worries he could not share.
be laden with + abstract burden (worries)
Christopher arrived at the new branch laded with duties his old team had never warned him about.
passive: be laded with [responsibilities]
Grief laded Hana so heavily that she could barely speak at the funeral.
Asher arrived at the office laded with reports the board needed by noon.
- burden
modern everyday equivalent; same passive pattern ('burdened with')
- weigh down
more visual; can describe physical or emotional weight
- oppress
stronger; suggests the weight feels unjust or crushing
- relieve
take a burden away from someone
文法句型
be laden with + abstract noun
lade + person + with + burden
用法筆記
Distinguish from sense 1: this sense is almost always passive ('laden with grief/debt/responsibility') and the burden is abstract or oppressive, not physical cargo. Frequently appears as the adjective-like participle 'laden'.
3. to lift liquid out of a pot or other container using a deep spoon or cupped hand
to lift liquid out of a pot or other container using a deep spoon or cupped hand, especially to move it somewhere
Cyrus laded the hot broth from the pot into small clay bowls.
lade + liquid + from + source + into + container
Anjali laded water from the stream with a hollowed gourd to cool her hands.
lade + liquid + from + source
The cook laded thick stew onto each plate while the children waited in line.
Sari knelt by the well and laded fresh water into a tin bucket for the goats.
文法句型
lade + liquid + out of/from + container
lade + liquid + into + container
用法筆記
Modern English overwhelmingly prefers 'ladle' for this action. 'Lade' as a scooping verb is mostly literary or dialectal; you will see it more often in older texts than in spoken English.