Pronunciation: /leɪd/
noun a watercourse, a load or burden
A1 The lade was filled with water from the well.
A2 She carried the heavy lade of firewood on her back.
B1 The workers used a large lade to move the gravel to the construction site.
B2 The ship's crew used a lade to transfer the cargo from the dock to the hold.
C1 The antique lade was carefully restored and put on display in the museum.
C2 The intricate design of the silver lade made it a valuable collector's item.
verb to load or put a cargo or burden on or in
A1 I lade the groceries onto the kitchen counter.
A2 She laded the heavy boxes onto the truck with ease.
B1 The workers lade the bricks carefully to build the wall.
B2 The chef laded the delicious soup into bowls for the guests.
C1 The captain laded the cargo onto the ship before setting sail.
C2 The archaeologists carefully laded the ancient artifacts out of the tomb.
adjective loaded, burdened
A1 The lade box was heavy to carry.
A2 She carefully placed the lade dishes on the shelf.
B1 The lade backpack contained all the necessary supplies for the hike.
B2 The lade package was securely wrapped and ready for shipping.
C1 The lade furniture was beautifully crafted and added elegance to the room.
C2 The lade artwork was displayed in the gallery as a masterpiece of the artist.
formal The waiter carefully lade the soup into the delicate china bowls.
informal I'll just lade some more pasta onto my plate, thanks.
slang Hey, can you lade some of that sauce on my burger?
figurative She lade her heart on the line and confessed her feelings to him.
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