noun
Cade
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noun
1
(chiefly British, of livestock) An orphaned young animal raised by hand.
"The cade lamb followed the farmer everywhere like a pet."
verb
1
To pamper or raise a young animal (or occasionally a person) by hand.
"They caded the orphaned lamb with a bottle every few hours."
How to Use Cade
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA hand-raised orphan animal, especially a lamb, or the act of raising one by hand.
When to use it
Rural and largely dialectal, mostly heard among farmers.
Word Forms
caded past tense, cades plural, cades plural, cades plural, cades singular
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Etymology
Possibly from an old personal name Cada, related to a Germanic root meaning "lump" or "swelling"; the sense of "hand-reared animal" grew from there.