Lade vs Laid - What's the difference?
lade | laid |
To fill or load (related to cargo or a shipment).
* Bible, Genesis xlii. 26
To weigh down, oppress, or burden.
To use a ladle or dipper to remove something (generally water).
* Shakespeare
To transfer (molten glass) from the pot to the forming table, in making plate glass.
(nautical) To admit water by leakage.
(UK, dialect, obsolete) The mouth of a river.
(UK, dialect, obsolete) A passage for water; a ditch or drain.
(Scottish) Water pumped into and out of mills, especially woolen mills.
(Webster 1913)
(lay)
(of paper) Marked with parallel lines, as if ribbed, from wires in the mould.
As verbs the difference between lade and laid
is that lade is to fill or load (related to cargo or a shipment) while laid is past tense of lay.As a noun lade
is the mouth of a river.As an adjective laid is
marked with parallel lines, as if ribbed, from wires in the mould.lade
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), akin to (etyl) ).Verb
- And they laded their asses with the corn.
- to lade water out of a tub, or into a cistern
- And chides the sea that sunders him from thence, / Saying, he'll lade it dry to have his way.
Etymology 2
English dialect, a ditch or drain. Compare (lode), (lead) to conduct.Noun
(en noun)- (Bishop Gibson)