To put a burden, load, or cargo on or in; load; charge: as, to lade a ship with cotton; to lade a horse with corn.Figuratively, to burden: oppress.To lift or throw in or out, as a fluid, with a ladle or other utensil: as, to lade water out of a tub or into a cistern.To admit (water).To draw water.n. A load; specifically, a bag of meal.n. A way; course. See lode.n. A watercourse; a channel for water; a ditch or drain; in Scotland, specifically, a mill-race, especially a headrace.n. The mouth of a river.