Lads vs Lade - What's the difference?
lads | lade |
(Northern England, Geordie, Ireland) A group of friends, regardless of gender. Often the lads .
* 1998 , Tom Stoppard. The Real Inspector Hound
* 2000 , Marie Jones. Stones In His Pockets
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)
As nouns the difference between lads and lade
is that lads is plural of lang=en while lade is the mouth of a river.As a verb lade is
to fill or load (related to cargo or a shipment).lads
English
Noun
(head)- Me and the lads have had a meeting in the bar and decided it's first-class family entertainment.
- I loved saying lads' . . . like I was a comrade . . . like I was one of them ... me and the '''lads''' . . . alright ' lads , eh ... Italy, no problem .
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*Anagrams
* * * * ----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)