Meaning & use
Lade
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To load cargo onto a ship or other vehicle; an archaic or nautical term.
See it in a sentence
Dockworkers began to lade the ship with crates of tea and spices before dawn.
The vessel was laded with grain destined for the coastal markets.
A note on using this word
"Lade" is rarely used today outside of its derived forms, such as "laden" (heavily loaded) and "bill of lading," a shipping document still in everyday commercial use.
Words with a similar meaning
loadfreight
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Words with an opposite meaning
unladeunload
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