Lade - plus, The Good, The Bad, & The Semantically Imprecise - 6/21/19

[Merriam-Webster]( WORD OF THE DAY June 23, 2019 lade [Audio pronunciation]( verb | LAYD Definition 1 a : to put a load or burden on or in : [load]( b : to put or place as a load especially for shipment : [ship]( c : to load heavily or oppressively 2 : [dip](, [ladle]( Scroll down for more about lade TRENDING NOW: [concentration camp]( [animus]( [auspice]( [folderol]( [SEE ALL [>]]( PEOPLE ARE READING [The Good, The Bad, & The Semantically Imprecise - 6/21/19]( [An Overview of the Contronym 'Overlook']( [Is 'Cement' 'Concrete'?]( [On ‘Brisk’ and ‘Brusque’]( WORD GAMES AND QUIZZES: WEEKLY CHALLENGE [Words for Summer: A Quiz]( Test your knowledge of words related to the season of longer days and vacations. [PLAY NOW]( Nailed this quiz? We have plenty more to try! [TAKE ME THERE [>]]( Did You Know? Lade most often occurs in its past participle form laden, as shown in our examples. There is also the adjective [laden](, best distinguished from the verb by its placement before nouns, as in "laden ships" or "a laden heart." (The adjective is also at work in hyphenated terms like sugar-laden.) Lade has been in use for more than a millennium and formerly had a nominal counterpart: the noun lade, meaning "load" or "cargo," came to be around the same time but is now obsolete. A few short decades after it faded from active use, the noun [lading]( took on the same meaning. Lading is still in use and appears most often in bill of lading—a term referring to a document that lists goods being shipped and specifies the terms of their transport. Examples of LADE "… we might, for example, see what are arguably Mr. Boontje's two most influential designs: his Blossom chandelier for Swarovski, a sparkling spray of branches laden with rosy crystals; and the more affordable Garland light…." — Pilar Viladas, The New York Times, 9 May 2019 "There were no pictures on the walls but here and there boughs laden with heavy-petalled flowers spread widely against them." — Virginia Woolf, The Voyage Out, 1915 Test Your Vocabulary Fill in the blanks to complete a verb that means "to load with goods" or "to burden": _ r _ i _ _ t. [VIEW THE ANSWER [>]]( MORE WORD FUN: [WORD GAMES [>]]( [TRENDING NOW [>]]( [WORDS AT PLAY [>]]( FOLLOW US: [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [YouTube]( [Instagram]( SHARE: [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [View this email in a web browser]( You are receiving this email because you opted in to receive Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day. [Unsubscribe from Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day]( [Manage your subscription settings]( Merriam-Webster, Inc. 47 Federal Street, P.O. Box 281 Springfield, MA, 01102, USA [www.merriam-webster.com]( | [Privacy Policy]( © 2019 by Merriam-Webster, Inc.