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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Lade \Lade\ (l[=a]d), verb (used with an object) [imp. {Laded}; p. p. {Laded}, {Laden} (l[=a]d'n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Lading}.] [AS. hladan to heap, load, draw (water); akin to D. & G. laden to load, OHG. hladan, ladan, Icel. hla[eth]a, Sw. ladda, Dan. lade, Goth. afhla[thorn]an. Cf. {Load}, {Ladle}, {Lathe} for turning, {Last} a load.]
1. To load; to put a burden or freight on or in; -- generally followed by that which receives the load, as the direct object.
And they laded their asses with the corn. --Gen. xlii. 26.
2. To throw in or out, with a ladle or dipper; to dip; as, to lade water out of a tub, or into a cistern.
And chides the sea that sunders him from thence, Saying, he'll lade it dry to have his way. --Shak.
3. (Plate Glass Manuf.) To transfer (the molten glass) from the pot to the forming table.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Laden \Lad"en\, p. & a. Loaded; freighted; burdened; as, a laden vessel; a laden heart.
Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity. --Is. i. 4.
A ship laden with gold. --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
lade
verb
1: remove with or as if with a ladle; "ladle the water out of the bowl" [syn: {ladle}, {laden}]
2: fill or place a load on; "load a car"; "load the truck with hay" [syn: {load}, {laden}, {load up}] [also: {laden}]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
laden
adjective
1: filled with a great quantity; "a tray loaded with dishes"; "table laden with food"; "'ladened' is not current usage" [syn: {loaded}, {ladened}]
2: burdened psychologically or mentally; "laden with grief"; "oppressed by a sense of failure" [syn: {oppressed}]
verb
1: remove with or as if with a ladle; "ladle the water out of the bowl" [syn: {ladle}, {lade}]
2: fill or place a load on; "load a car"; "load the truck with hay" [syn: {load}, {lade}, {load up}]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
laden See {lade}
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
25 Moby Thesaurus words for "laden": burdened, charged, cumbered, encumbered, fraught, freighted, full-charged, full-fraught, hampered, heavy-laden, loaded, oppressed, overburdened, overcharged, overfraught, overfreighted, overladen, overloaded, overtaxed, overweighted, saddled, supercharged, taxed, weighted, weighted down
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