lade

Plural: lades

Verb

Verb Forms: laded, laden, lading, lades

To load with cargo or a burden.
remove with or as if with a ladle
fill or place a load on
To fill or load (related to cargo or a shipment).
To weigh down, oppress, or burden.
To use a ladle or dipper to remove something (generally water).
To transfer (molten glass) from the pot to the forming table, in making plate glass.
To admit water by leakage.

Noun

A load.
The mouth of a river.
A passage for water; a ditch or drain.
(mill lade) A mill race.
Water pumped into and out of mills, especially woolen mills.

Examples

His rack was LADED with vowels, making it hard to form high-scoring words in Words With Friends.
to lade water out of a tub, or into a cistern

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English laden, from Old English hladan and Old English hleadan, from Proto-West Germanic *hlaþan, from Proto-Germanic *hlaþaną (“to load”), from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂- (“to put, lay out”).

Synonyms

laden, ladle, load, load up

Scrabble Score: 5

lade: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
lade: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
lade: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 6

lade: valid Words With Friends Word