to load; to put a burden or freight on or in; -- generally followed by that which receives the load, as the direct object.-to throw in out. with a ladle or dipper; to dip; as, to lade water out of a tub, or into a cistern.-to transfer (the molten glass) from the pot to the forming table.-to draw water.-to admit water by leakage, as a ship, etc.-the mouth of a river.-a passage for water; a ditch or drain.