different between lade vs pack

English

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /le?d/
• Rhymes: -e?d
• Homophone: laid

Etymology 1

From Middle English laden, from Old English hladan, from Proto-Germanic *hlaþan? (“to load”), from Proto-Indo-European *kleh?- (“to put, lay out”).

Verb

lade (third-person singular simple present lades, present participle lading, simple past laded or (obsolete) lode, past participle laden or laded)

1. To fill or load (related to cargo or a shipment).

   • And they laded their asses with the corn.

2. To weigh down, oppress, or burden.
3. To use a ladle or dipper to remove something (generally water).

   to lade water out of a tub, or into a cistern

   • c. 1591, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 3, Act III scene ii^[1]:

     And chides the sea that sunders him from thence, / Saying, he'll lade it dry to have his way.

4. To transfer (molten glass) from the pot to the forming table, in making plate glass.
5. (nautical) To admit water by leakage.

Related terms

• bill of lading
• laden
• lading

Translations

Noun

lade (plural lades)

1. (Scotland) A load.

Etymology 2

From Middle English lad, from Old English l?d, from Proto-Germanic *laid? (“a way, course”). Related to lode, lead (“to conduct”).

Noun

lade (plural lades)

1. (Britain, dialect, obsolete) The mouth of a river.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Bishop Gibson to this entry?)

2. (Britain, dialect, obsolete) A passage for water; a ditch or drain.
3. (Scotland) Water pumped into and out of mills, especially woolen mills.

Anagrams

• ALDE, Adel, Dale, Deal, Dela, E.D. La., Leda, adle, dale, deal, lead

Cimbrian

Noun

lade f

1. cupboard, cabinet

References

• Umberto Patuzzi, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar, Luserna: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hlaða, from Proto-Germanic *hlaþ?, derived from *hlaþan? (“to load”) (se below)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?læ?ð?]
• Rhymes: -a?d?

Noun

lade c (singular definite laden, plural indefinite lader)

1. (agriculture) barn (building)

Inflection

Etymology 2

From Old Danish latæ, from Old Norse láta, from Proto-Germanic *l?tan?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?la], (always in the meanings "pretend, seem") IPA^(key): [?læ?ð?]

Verb

lade (imperative lad, present tense lader, past tense lod, past participle ladet or ladt)

1. let (to allow)
2. leave (to transfer responsibility or attention)
3. have (cause to, by command or request)
4. have (cause to be)
5. make (force to do)
6. pretend, seem, appear

   in the expressions lade som om (“to pretend”) and lade til (“to seem”)

Inflection

Etymology 3

From Old Norse hlaða, from Proto-Germanic *hlaþan?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?læ?ð?]
• Rhymes: -a?d?

Verb

lade (imperative lad, present tense lader, past tense ladede, past participle ladet)

1. load
2. charge
3. let go

   in the expressions lade vandet (“to urinate”) and lade livet (“to die”) (etymologically, they belong to the former verb, but they have the pronunciation and morphology of this verb).

Inflection

Usage notes

In relation to guns, the past participle is ladt.

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the main entry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?læ?ð?]

Adjective

lade

1. definite singular of lad
2. plural of lad

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?la?.d?/
• Hyphenation: la?de

Etymology 1

Noun

lade f (plural laden or lades, diminutive ladetje n)

1. Alternative form of la

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

lade

1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of laden

Anagrams

• adel, dale

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?la?d?/
• Rhymes: -a?d?

Verb

lade

1. inflection of laden:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *latha, from Proto-Germanic *hlaþ?.

Noun

l?de f

1. box, case
2. (eastern) plank, beam

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: lade, la
• Limburgish: laaj

Further reading

• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “lade (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN, page I

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• la

Etymology

From Old Norse hlaða, from Proto-Germanic *hlaþan?.

Verb

lade (imperative lad, present tense lader, passive lades, simple past lada or ladet or ladde, past participle lada or ladet or ladd, present participle ladende)

1. (electricity) to charge (e.g. a battery)
2. to load (a weapon)

Related terms

• lader (noun)

References

• “lade” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hlaða, from Proto-Germanic *hlaþan?.

Alternative forms

• la (short form)
• lada (long form with a- or split infinitives)

Verb

lade (present tense ladar or lader, past tense lada or ladde, supine lada or ladd or ladt, past participle lada or ladd, present participle ladande, imperative lad)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to load, charge

   Synonym: laste

Etymology 2

From Old Norse hlaði m, hlaða f.

Noun

lade m (definite singular laden, indefinite plural ladar, definite plural ladane)

1. a barn

Related terms

• løe

References

• “lade” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• Dale, Lade, adel, adle, alde, dale, dela, edla, elda, lade, leda

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l??(d?)/

Verb

lade

1. past tense of lägga.

Anagrams

• Edla, adel, dela, leda

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pæk/, [p?æk]
• Rhymes: -æk

Etymology 1

From Middle English pak, pakke, from Old English pæcca and/or Middle Dutch pak, packe; both ultimately from Proto-Germanic *pakkô (“bundle, pack”). Cognate with Dutch pak (“pack”), Low German Pack (“pack”), German Pack (“pack”), Swedish packe (“pack”), Icelandic pakka, pakki (“package”).

Noun

pack (plural packs)

1. A bundle made up and prepared to be carried; especially, a bundle to be carried on the back, but also a load for an animal, a bale.

2. A number or quantity equal to the contents of a pack
3. A multitude.

4. A number or quantity of connected or similar things; a collective.
5. A full set of playing cards

6. The assortment of playing cards used in a particular game.

7. A group of hounds or dogs, hunting or kept together.
   • 2005, John D. Skinner and Christian T. Chimimba, The Mammals of the Southern African Subregion

     African wild dogs hunt by sight, although stragglers use their noses to follow the pack.

8. A wolfpack: a number of wolves, hunting together.
9. A group of people associated or leagued in a bad design or practice; a gang.
10. A group of Cub Scouts.
11. A shook of cask staves.
12. A bundle of sheet iron plates for rolling simultaneously.
13. A large area of floating pieces of ice driven together more or less closely.

14. (medicine) An envelope, or wrapping, of sheets used in hydropathic practice, called dry pack, wet pack, cold pack, etc., according to the method of treatment.
15. (slang): A loose, lewd, or worthless person.
16. (snooker, pool) A tight group of object balls in cue sports. Usually the reds in snooker.
17. (rugby) The forwards in a rugby team (eight in Rugby Union, six in Rugby League) who with the opposing pack constitute the scrum.

Synonyms

(full set of cards): deck

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English pakken, from the noun (see above). Compare Middle Dutch packen (“to pack”), Middle Low German packen (“to pack”).

Verb

pack (third-person singular simple present packs, present participle packing, simple past and past participle packed)

1. (physical) To put or bring things together in a limited or confined space, especially for storage or transport.
   1. (transitive) To make a pack of; to arrange closely and securely in a pack; hence, to place and arrange compactly as in a pack
      • 1712, Joseph Addison, The Spectator Number 275

        strange materials wound up in that shape and texture, and packed together with wonderful art in the several cavities of the skull
   2. (transitive) To fill in the manner of a pack, that is, compactly and securely, as for transportation; hence, to fill closely or to repletion; to stow away within; to cause to be full; to crowd into.
   3. (transitive) To wrap in a wet or dry sheet, within numerous coverings.

   4. (transitive) To make impervious, such as by filling or surrounding with suitable material, or to fit or adjust so as to move without allowing air, water, or steam inside.

   5. (intransitive) To make up packs, bales, or bundles; to stow articles securely for transportation.
   6. (intransitive) To form a compact mass, especially in order for transportation.

   7. (intransitive, of animals) To gather together in flocks, herds, schools or similar groups of animals.

   8. (transitive, historical) To combine (telegraph messages) in order to send them more cheaply as a single transmission.
2. (social) To cheat.
   1. (transitive, card games) To sort and arrange (the cards) in the pack to give oneself an unfair advantage
      • 1733 Alexander Pope, An Essay on Man

        Mighty dukes pack cards for half a crown.

   2. (transitive) To bring together or make up unfairly, in order to secure a certain result.
      • 1687, Francis Atterbury, An answer to some considerations on the spirit of Martin Luther and the original of the Reformation

        The expected council was dwindling into […] a packed assembly of Italian bishops.

   3. (transitive) To contrive unfairly or fraudulently; to plot.
      • 1655, Thomas Fuller, The church-history of Britain

        He lost life […] upon a nice point subtilely devised and packed by his enemies.

   4. (intransitive) To put together for morally wrong purposes; to join in cahoots.
3. (transitive) To load with a pack

4. (transitive, figuratively) to load; to encumber.
5. To move, send or carry.
   1. (transitive) To cause to go; to send away with baggage or belongings; especially, to send away peremptorily or suddenly; – sometimes with off. See pack off.
   2. (transitive, US, chiefly Western US) To transport in a pack, or in the manner of a pack (on the backs of men or animals).
   3. (intransitive) To depart in haste; – generally with off or away.
      • 1723, Jonathan Swift, Stella at Wood-Park:

        Poor Stella must pack off to town.

      • 1842, Alfred Tennyson, Dora:

        You shall pack, / And never more darken my doors again.

   4. (transitive, slang) To carry weapons, especially firearms, on one's person.

6. (transitive, sports, slang) To block a shot, especially in basketball.
7. (intransitive, rugby, of the forwards in a rugby team) To play together cohesively, specially with reference to their technique in the scrum.
8. (intransitive, LGBT, of a drag king, trans man, etc.) To wear a prosthetic penis inside one’s trousers for better verisimilitude.

Synonyms

• (To sort and arrange (the cards) in a pack so as to secure the game unfairly): stack

Antonyms

• (make into a pack): unpack

Derived terms

Translations

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pak/

Noun

pack m (plural packs)

1. pack (item of packaging)
2. pack ice
3. (sports) A rugby team

Middle English

Noun

pack

1. Alternative form of pak

Scots

Adjective

pack

1. intimate; confidential

Spanish

Etymology

From English pack.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pak/, [?pak]

Noun

pack m (plural packs)

1. pack, package
2. kit, set, bundle
3. (colloquial, euphemistic) sexual photos and videos, paid or not, sent over internet, network social; sexting photos

Swedish

Noun

pack n

1. a group of unwanted people, lower class people, trash
2. stuff, things, luggage; only in the expression pick och pack

Declension

See also

• packa
• paket

Descendants

• ? Finnish: pakka