laded; laded or laden
ˈlā-dᵊn 
; lading
; lading
1
1
: to take on cargo : load
a place for ships to lade
2
: to take up or convey a liquid by dipping
Examples of lade in a Sentence
the cook laded the stew into small bowls
the trucks were heavily laden with produce for the market
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The boxes sat in a storage room for weeks, awaiting a bill of lading from UN headquarters in New York.
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Stéphanie Giry, Foreign Affairs, 2 Sep. 2015
Bills of lading still account for some 10 to 30 percent of trade documentation costs.
—Virginia Heffernan, WIRED, 14 Feb. 2024
The world’s largest retailer shipped one quarter of its U.S. imports from India between January and August this year, according to bill of lading figures shared with Reuters by data firm Import Yeti.
—Reuters, NBC News, 29 Nov. 2023
An Air Force plane laden with medical supplies arrived in Russia, which is one of the world's biggest coronavirus hot spots.
—Zachary Halaschak, Washington Examiner, 21 May 2020
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Stéphanie Giry, Foreign Affairs, 2 Sep. 2015
Bills of lading still account for some 10 to 30 percent of trade documentation costs.
—Virginia Heffernan, WIRED, 14 Feb. 2024
The world’s largest retailer shipped one quarter of its U.S. imports from India between January and August this year, according to bill of lading figures shared with Reuters by data firm Import Yeti.
—Reuters, NBC News, 29 Nov. 2023
An Air Force plane laden with medical supplies arrived in Russia, which is one of the world's biggest coronavirus hot spots.
—Zachary Halaschak, Washington Examiner, 21 May 2020
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lade
verb
laded; laded or laden
ˈlād-ᵊn
; lading
; lading
1
: load entry 2 sense 1a
lade a ship
a truck laden with gravel
2
: to burden heavily
laden with cares
3
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