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ladanum
ladder
ladder-back
ladder tournament
ladder truck
laddie
laddish
laddu
lade
laden
ladette
ladies
ladies’ fingers
ladies’ gallery
ladies’ man
ladies room
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lade

lade [ layd ] (past lad·ed, past participle lad·en [ láyd'n ] or lad·ed, present participle lad·ing, 3rd person present singular lades)


verb 
Definition:
 
1. transitive and intransitive verb put cargo on ship: to take on cargo or freight, or load a ship with cargo or freight

2. transitive and intransitive verb remove liquid with ladle: to remove a measure of liquid using a ladle

3. transitive verb burden something or somebody: to place a load on something or a heavy burden on somebody ( dated )

[ Old English hladan< Germanic]
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