Wednesday, February 6, 2013

laid, lade

Laid or laid is a past or present participle of "lay", meaning to put or place in a position of rest, or to set down, literally or figuratively--
He laid his head on the pillow and fell asleep.
He died on Monday and was laid to rest on Thursday.
He laid his case before the judge.

Lade or lade ( rhymes with laid ) means to load something with, or to burden someone with--
The manufacturer will have its own ship to lade with this cargo.
He resisted the urge to lade her with his problems.

Now that you know that, you can say--
"The order is to lade the ship with the cargo, including what has been laid away in the warehouse."
"He didn't want to lade them with his worries, so he laid his feelings aside."

Note--you may encounter "lade" most often in "bill of lading"--
The bill of lading should be attached to each crate.
"Lade" is also the root of "laden"--
His worried face seemed laden with care.

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