lade

Fill the hold

Lade is an old-fashioned or literary word meaning to load cargo onto a ship or to scoop out liquid: The workers laded the vessel with grain.

The past participle laden survives more vigorously than the verb itself, appearing in compounds like laden with guilt or a debt-laden company.

A bill of lading is a shipping document listing cargo.

loading

freight

Goods being transported

stow · fill · pack · consignment · goods · merchandise · embark · ballast · payload · tonnage

scooping

ladle

Deep spoon for serving

  • scoopFirst-reported story
  • dipperVessel for scooping liquids
  • bailerOne who empties hulls

dip · draw · bail · bucket · pail · dredge · spoon · pour · transfer · well

vessel

ship

Seagoing transport vessel

freighter · tanker · hold · deck · hull · dhow · junk · clipper · merchantman · coaster

burdened

weighted

Made intentionally heavier

oppressed · overburdened · taxed · saddled · freighted · overladen

Opposites
loading/cargo transfer

ladeunlade

Remove cargo from

unload · discharge · offload · disembark · empty

burden/weight

ladeunburden

Remove a weight from

disburden · disencumber · relieve · lighten · alleviate

liquid scooping

ladepour

Send liquid streaming out

empty · drain · bail out · decant

Phrases
Family

laden, lading

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Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G