To put a burden, load, or cargo on or in; load; charge: as, to lade a ship with cotton; to lade a horse with corn.
Figuratively, to burden: oppress.
To lift or throw in or out, as a fluid, with a ladle or other utensil: as, to lade water out of a tub or into a cistern.
To admit (water).
To draw water.
noun.
A way; course. See lode.
noun.
A watercourse; a channel for water; a ditch or drain; in Scotland, specifically, a mill-race, especially a headrace.
noun.
The mouth of a river.
noun.
A load; specifically, a bag of meal.