lading

UK: /ˈleɪdɪŋ/ US: /ˈleɪdɪŋ/ ,(lā′ding)

From the verb lade: (⇒ conjugate)

lading is: ⓘ

v pres p

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lad•ing /ˈleɪdɪŋ/   n. [uncountable]

1. Business the act of loading cargo or the load or cargo so loaded.

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lad•ing  (lā′ding), n. 

1. Business the act of lading.
2. Business that with which something is laden;
   load;
   freight;
   cargo.

• lade + -ing¹ 1490–1500

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lading / ˈleɪdɪŋ/ noun

1. a load; cargo; freight

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lade  (lād), v., lad•ed, lad•en or lad•ed, lad•ing. 
v.t. 

1. to put (something) on or in, as a burden, load, or cargo;
   load.
2. to load oppressively;
   burden (used chiefly in the passive):
   laden with many responsibilities.
3. to fill or cover abundantly (used chiefly in the passive):
   trees laden with fruit; a man laden with honors.
4. to lift or throw in or out, as a fluid, with a ladle or other utensil.

v.i. 

5. to take on a load.
6. to lade a liquid.

• bef. 900; Middle English laden, Old English hladan to load, draw up (water); cognate with Dutch laden, German laden, Old Norse hlatha to load. Cf. ladle

lad′er, n. 

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lade / leɪd/ verb (lades, lading, laded, laden / ˈleɪd^ən/, laded)

1. to put cargo or freight on board (a ship, etc) or (of a ship, etc) to take on cargo or freight
2. (tr; usually passive) and followed by with: to burden or oppress
3. (tr; usually passive) and followed by with: to fill or load
4. to remove (liquid) with or as if with a ladle

Etymology: Old English hladen to load; related to Dutch laden