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lading

/ˈleɪdɪŋ/

lading noun: the action of loading. Also the present participle and gerund of lade.

Noun

lading (countable and uncountable, plural ladings)

  1. (countable) The action of loading.
    Synonyms:
    loading
  2. (uncountable) Shipment, cargo, freight.
    • the ship remained there, in providing his lading and preparing for his voyage, nearly three months[…]1719 May 6 (Gregorian calendar), [Daniel Defoe], The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, […], London: […] W[illiam] Taylor […], →OCLC
    • The B-end of car DJJX 30478 […] was relatively intact but was surrounded by scrap steel lading from the car, which had been released to the track surface […] The bathtub gondola car structural features produced a car that could carry more lading and provided a relatively obstruction-free car...2023, Transportation Safety Board of Canada, Rail transportation safety investigation report R19T0107
  3. (figuratively) Burden.
    • Nor could I weary, heart or limb,
      ⁠When mighty Love would cleave in twain
      ⁠The lading of a single pain,
      And part it, giving half to him.1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XXV”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 42

Also used as

lading is also the present participle and gerund of lade.

Synonyms of lading

All synonyms of lading

Forms of lading

pluralladings

Origin of lading

Gerund of lade (verb). Cognate with Dutch lading (“cargo, charge”), German Ladung (“cargo, charge”), Polish ładunek (“cargo, charge”), Swedish laddning (“charge”). Doublet of loading.

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Questions about lading

What does lading mean?
Lading means the action of loading.
What part of speech is lading?
Lading is a noun.
How do you pronounce lading?
Lading is pronounced /ˈleɪdɪŋ/.
What is the plural of lading?
The plural of lading is ladings.

Words near lading in the dictionary

  1. Ladiks
  2. ladilike
  3. ladily
  4. Ladin
  5. ladiness
  6. lading
  7. lading-can
  8. lading-cans
  9. ladings
  10. Ladinian
  11. ladino

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