| Lade 1. (v. t.) To load; to put a burden or freight on or in; -- generally followed by that which receives the load, as the direct object. 2. (v. t.) To throw in out. with a ladle or dipper; to dip; as, to lade water out of a tub, or into a cistern. 3. (v. t.) To transfer (the molten glass) from the pot to the forming table. 4. (v. t.) To draw water. 5. (v. t.) To admit water by leakage, as a ship, etc. 6. (n.) The mouth of a river. 7. (n.) A passage for water; a ditch or drain. Thesaurus Entries bag, bail, barrel, bear hard upon, bottle, box, brim, burden, burthen, can, charge, chock, clog, congest, cram, crate, crowd, cumber, dip, encumber, fill, fill to overflowing, fill up, freight, hamper, handicap, heap, heap up, jam, jam-pack, ladle, load, mass, oppress, overburden, overfill, overload, overtax, overweight, pack, pack away, pad, pile, pocket, press hard upon, ram in, rest hard upon, sack, saddle, satiate, saturate, scoop, ship, stack, store, stow, stuff, supercharge, surfeit, tax, top off, wad, weigh, weigh heavy on, weigh on, weigh upon, weight |